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Ealing 1937
[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
in the past twelve years are indicated below. The total number of
cases notified in the year under review shows a small increase
over the previous year but is less than that in the three preceding
years. It will be seen that there was a decided reduction in the
occurrence of scarlet fever, the total of 317 cases being the lowest
for six years. Diphtheria cases numbered 123 compared with
52 in the previous year ; nevertheless the prevalence of diphtheria
was less in Ealing than in England and Wales. There was little
variation in the other diseases with the exception of tuberculosis,
the notifications from this disease being the highest on record.
Cases of Infectious Disease occurring in the Borough.
| Disease | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 72 | 53 | 68 | 90 | 129 | 83 | 54 | 71 | 195 | 228 | 52 | 123 |
| Scarlet Fever | 156 | 136 | 313 | 231 | 264 | 154 | 407 | 476 | 493 | 400 | 408 | 317 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 24 |
| Pneumonia: | ||||||||||||
| Primary | 47 | 66 | 73 | 100 | 78 | 96 | 85 | 56 | 72 | 59 | 85 | 60 |
| Influenzal | 17 | 38 | 13 | 59 | 12 | 18 | 50 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 37 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Malaria | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Dysentery | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Erysipelas | 15 | 18 | 28 | 24 | 34 | 20 | 30 | 36 | 43 | 28 | 28 | 27 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Tuberculosis:— | ||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 93 | 89 | 99 | 109 | 111 | 141 | 141 | 154 | 139 | 157 | 139 | 178 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 21 | 16 | 24 | 27 | 22 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 37 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Total | 442 | 469 | 665 | 675 | 700 | 577 | 832 | 895 | 1010 | 936 | 777 | 832 |