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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Uases oi Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1938, showing Age and Ward Distribution.
| Disease | Total Cases Notified | Removed to Hospital | Deaths | Ages of Cases Notified | Ward Distribution | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drayton | Castlebar | Mount Park | Grange | Lammas | Manor | Grosvenor | Hanwell S. | Hanwell N. | Greenford S. | Greenford N. | Nortbolt . | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 over | ||||||||||||||||
| Smallpox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 142 | 139 | 6 | — | 1 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 67 | 25 | 1 | 15 | 3 | — | — | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 41 | 15 | 10 | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 383 | 300 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 175 | 66 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 4 | — | 13 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 3; | 2b | 14 | 30 | 75 | 58 | 58 | 16 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 46 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 41 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | o | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2d | 7 | — |
| Pneumonia:Primary | 83 | — | 69 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | |
| Influenzal | 18 | _ | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | o | 2 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 6 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 12 | 8 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 4 | — | |
| Erysipelas | 41 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Encephalitis Letliargica | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Tuberculosis: Pulmonary | 142 | — | 100 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 4 | 16 | 62 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 26 | 6 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 33 | — | 8 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 15 | 2 | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — |
| Total | 924 | — | 195 | 20 | 17 | 29 | 44 | 45 | 275 | 103 | 47 | 183 | 62 | 70 | 29 | 44 | 31 | 44 | 70 | 78 | 78 | 48 | 63 | 156 | 140 | 130 | 42 |