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Ealing 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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The summonses were heard at the Ealing Police Court on the
3rd of October, but, owing to the non-appearance of the defendants,
were adjourned for fourteen days.
At the adjourned hearing on the 17th of October, the
Magistrates dismissed the summons for exposing but convicted
on both the others imposing penalties of five pounds and two pounds
respectively with two guineas costs.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
The numbers of the various infectious diseases notified in the
Borough are indicated in Table V and are compared with those for
the previous ten years:—
TABLE V.
| Disease | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 56 | 186 | 282 | 56 | 61 | 40 | 72 | 53 | 68 | 90 | 129 |
| Scarlet Fever | 171 | 665 | 487 | 142 | 123 | 107 | 156 | 136 | 313 | 231 | 264 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 26 |
| Pneumonia: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 38 | 21 | 33 | 32 | 47 | 57 | 47 | 66 | 73 | 100 | 78 |
| Influenzal | 27 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 38 | 13 | 59 | 12 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Malaria | 27 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Dysentery | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 30 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 28 | 24 | 34 |
| EncephaTitis Lethargica | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis:— | |||||||||||
| 63 | 80 | 69 | 92 | 74 | 90 | 93 | 89 | 99 | 109 | 111 | |
| 17 | 23 | 16 | 26 | 31 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 27 | 22 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Total | 455 | 11036 | 955 | 393 | 412 | 381 | 442 | 469 | 665 | 675 | 700 |