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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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table VII.
| 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 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 54 | 52 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 4 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 182 | 107 | 16 | 32 | 15 | 4 | — | 407 | 307 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 19 | 1 | — | — | 21 | 14 |
| Pneumonia : Primary | 3 | 4 | — | 6 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 85 | 15 |
| Influenzal | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 50 | 8 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 30 | 2 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Tuberculosis: | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Pulmonary Male | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 71 | — |
| Female | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 44 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 70 | — |
| — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | — | 14 | — | |
| Female | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | — | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | |
| Total | 11 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 27 | 237 | 126 | 45 | 160 | 70 | 71 | 30 | 832 | |