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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Cases of Infectious Disease occurring in the Borough.
| Disease | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 123 | 142 | 92 | 33 | 48 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 29 | 11 |
| Scarlet Fever | 317 | 383 | 303 | 116 | 166 | 180 | 448 | 228 | 340 | 232 | 133 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 24 | 46 | 40 | 30 | 30 | 39 | 41 | 42 | 47 | 35 | 27 |
| Pneumonia: | |||||||||||
| Primary | 60 | 83 | 50 | 66 | 97 | 105 | 123 | 142 | 110 | 114 | 127 |
| Influenzal | 37 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 27 | 17 | 40 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 3 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 46 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | — | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1 | — | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | 5 | 12 | 2 | — | 3 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 60 | 10 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | 27 | 41 | 37 | 29 | 26 | 36 | 41 | 30 | 26 | 31 | 38 |
| Polio-Encephalitis | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tuberculosis: | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 178 | 142 | 149 | 156 | 195 | 223 | 233 | 173 | 194 | 275 | 204 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 37 | 33 | 38 | 30 | 28 | 38 | 51 | 30 | 23 | 33 | 25 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Total | 828 | 924 | 759 | 488 | 653 | <^89 | 1004 | 700 | 840 | 788 | 641 |
Scarlet Fever.—There were only 133 cases notified during
the year, this total being the lowest since 1940. Of these cases
65 were removed to hospital, 48 being accommodated in the
Clayponds Hospital and 17 being admitted to isolation hospitals
belonging to neighbouring authorities.
Diphtheria.—Although 27 cases were notified as diphtheria,
all being removed to hospital, only 11 of these cases were subsequently
confirmed as suffering from the disease.
A review of the results that the diphtheria immunization
scheme has had on the incidence of the disease is included on pages
21 & 22 of this Report.