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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ealing 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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TABLE VII.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1931 in Age Groups.
| Disease | Ages of Cases Notified | Totals | Total Cases Removed to Hospital | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under One Year | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||
| Smallpox | – | _ | _ | _ | _ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 1 | – | –_ | 83 | 82 |
| Scarlet Fever | – | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 81 | 99 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 4 | –_ | 154 | 134 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | – | – | – | – | – | -– | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | – | 5 | 1 | – | – | 6 | 4 | |||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | – | - | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 3 | – | –_ | 18 | 10 |
| Pneumonia : Primary | 7 | 4 | – | 7 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 96 | 15 |
| Influenzal | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 2 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | –- | – | – | 2 | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Dysentery | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 3 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis : | – | |||||||||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 10 | 33 | 3 | 90 | – | |
| Female | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 51 | – |
| (b) Non-Pulmonary Male | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | – | 17 | – |
| Female | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | – | –_ | 5 | – | – | – | 10 | – |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 1 |
| Total | 16 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 141 | 49 | 32 | 125 | 53 | 75 | 29 | 577 | – |