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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
Cases of Infectious Disease occurring in the Borough.
| Disease | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 71 | 195 | 228 | 52 | 123 | 142 | 92 | 33 | 48 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 14 |
| Scarlet Fever | 476 | 493 | 400 | 408 | 317 | 383 | 303 | 116 | 166 | 180 | 448 | 228 | 340 |
| 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 | 47 |
| Pneumonia : | |||||||||||||
| Primary | 56 | 72 | 59 | 85 | 60 | 83 | 50 | 66 | 97 | 105 | 123 | 142 | 110 |
| Influenzal | 32 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 27 | 17 | 40 | 9 | 14 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1 | — | 6 |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 2 | — | 3 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 60 |
| Erysipelas | 36 | 43 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 41 | 37 | 29 | 26 | 36 | 41 | 30 | 26 |
| Polio-Encephalitis | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Tuberculosis : | |||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 154 | 139 | 157 | 139 | 178 | 142 | 149 | 156 | 195 | 223 | 233 | 173 | 194 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 37 | 33 | 38 | 30 | 28 | 38 | 51 | 30 | 23 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 895 | 1010 | 936 | 777 | 832 | 924 | 759 | 488 | 653 | 689 | 1004 | 700 | 810 |
The following non-civilian cases of infectious disease are included
in the above table :
Scarlet Fever, 3. Diphtheria, 2. Pneumonia, 1.
Dysentery, 37. Cerebro Spinal Fever, 1.
Scari.et Fever.—Out of 340 cases of scarlet fever only 125
cases were removed to hospital. Accommodation for cases of
scarlet fever at the Isolation Hospital has been much reduced
and only in exceptional circumstances have cases been admitted.
There were no deaths from this disease.
Diphtheria.—All the cases of diphtheria were removed to
hospital. There was one death from this disease.
Diphtheria 1 minimization.—The protection of children by means
of immunization is considered on page 31.