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Ealing 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The numbers of cases of the various infectious diseases notified
during the past twelve years are indicated below. The total
number of cases notified in the year under review is less than in
the preceding year, a lower incidence of scarlet fever being mainly
responsible. Scarlet fever, however, was again prevalent during
the year to a fairly wide extent, 400 cases being notified. There
was a further increase in the number of cases of diphtheria and
the total of 228 has only been exceeded on one previous occasion,
namely, in 1922.
Cases of Infectious Disease occurring in the Borough.
| Disease | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Diphtheria | 61 | 40 | 72 | 53 | 68 | 90 | 129 | 83 | 54 | 71 | 195 | 228 |
| Scarlet Fever | 123 | 107 | 156 | 136 | 313 | 231 | 264 | 154 | 407 | 476 | 493 | 400 |
| Enteric Fever | ||||||||||||
| (including Paratyphoid) Puerperal Fever | 9 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | 3 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 28 | 14 | 11 |
| Pneumonia : | ||||||||||||
| Primary | 47 | 57 | 47 | 66 | 73 | 100 | 78 | 96 | 85 | 56 | 72 | 59 |
| Influenzal | 27 | 22 | 17 | 38 | 13 | 59 | 12 | 18 | 50 | 32 | 17 | 11 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | — | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — 30 | — | — | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 25 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 28 | 24 | 34 | 20 | 36 | 43 | 28 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Tuberculosis :— | ||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 74 | 90 | 93 | 89 | 99 | 109 | 111 | 141 | 141 | 154 | 139 | 157 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 31 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 27 | 22 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 23 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Total | 412 | 381 | 442 | 469 | 665 | 675 | 700 | 577 | 832 | 895 | 1010 | 936 |