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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Erysipelas.—Forty-three cases were notified during the year,
this being a higher number than recorded in any previous year.
Encephalitis Lethargica.—One case of acute encephalitis
lethargica was notified, this being a man 32 years of age, who
developed the disease while staying with friends at Greenford.
One death occurred, this being a man 54 years of age, who had
not been notified as suffering from the disease.
Tuberculosis .—The number of new cases of tuberculosis notified during the year and the number of deaths which occurred were as follows :-
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulm'y | Pulmonary | Non-Pulm'v | |||||
| Male | F'male | Male | F'male | Male | F'male | Male | F'male | |
| 0—1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1—5 | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 4 |
| 5—10 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 10—15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 15—20 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 |
| 20—25 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | — |
| 25—35 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 2 | — |
| 35—45 | 16 | 8 | — | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | — |
| 45—55 | 15 | 3 | — | — | 14 | 5 | — | — |
| 55—65 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 65 upwards | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Total | 83 | 56 | 10 | 14 | 50 | 38 | 8 | 11 |
The cases of pulmonary tuberculosis notified for the first
time totalled 139, this number being less than in any of the last
three years. Twenty-four cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis
were notified, one more than in the previous year.
The total number of deaths from the disease was 107 (pulmonary
88, non-pulmonary 19), this being 27 more than in 1933. The last
four years have shown a continuous decline in the death-rate from
tuberculosis, and the mortality of 0.62 per thousand of population