London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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| Disease | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 . | 1943 | 1944 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 71 | 195 | 228 | 52 | 123 | 142 | 92 | 33 | 48 | 28 | 13 | 17 |
| Scarlet Fever | 476 | 493 | 400 | 408 | 317 | 383 | 303 | 116 | 166 | 180 | 448 | 228 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | '- | 1 | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 28 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 46 | 40 | 30 | 30 | 39 | 41 | 42 |
| Pneumonia : | ||||||||||||
| Primary | 56 | 72 | 59 | 85 | 60 | 83 | 50 | 66 | 97 | 105 | 123 | 142 |
| Influenzal | 32 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 5 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1 | - |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | 3 | 6 | 5 | 24 | |
| Erysipelas | 36 | 43 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 41 | 37 | 29 | 26 | 36 | 41 | 30 |
| Polio- Encephalitis | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Tuberculosi 1 | ||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 154 | 139 | 157 | 139 | 178 | 142 | 149 | 156 | 195 | 223 | 233 | 173 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 37 | 33 | 38 | 30 | 28 | 38 | 51 | 30 |
| "Ophthalmia | ||||||||||||
| Neonatorum | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| Total | 895 | 1010 | 936 | 777 | 832 | 924 | 759 | 488 | 653 | 689 | 1004 | 700 |
The following non-civilian cases of infectious disease are included
in the above table :
Scarlet Fever, 3 Diphtheria, 3
Whooping Cough, 1 Measles, 1
Scarlet Fever.—Out of 228 cases of scarlet fever only 64
cases were removed to hospital. Since the outbreak of war accommodation
for cases of scarlet fever in the Isolation Hospital has
been much reduced and only in exceptional circumstances have
cases been admitted. There was one death from the disease.
Diphtheria. All of the 17 cases of diphtheria were removed
to hospital. There was one death from this disease.
Diphtheria Immunization—The protection of children by means
of immunization is considered on page 30.