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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1948, showing Age Distribution.
| Disease | Total Cases Notified | Removed to Hospital | Deaths | Ages of Cases Notified | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 13 | 13 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 204 | 93 | — | — | 7 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 110 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 25 | 19 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 16 | 6 | — | — |
| Pneumonia: Primary | 189 | — | 69 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 34 | 20 |
| Influenzal | 6 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Malaria | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 7 | 6 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 32 | 12 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 3 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis : Pulmonary | 206 | — | 61 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 95 | 38 | 27 | 5 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 27 | — | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 1379 | 77 | 1 | 39 | 165 | 212 | 200 | 200 | 519 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 383 | 25 | 2 | 33 | 41 | 44 | 59 | 54 | 138 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Totals | 2488 | 158 | 146 | 94 | 233 | 285 | 292 | 287 | 808 | 62 | 55 | 174 | 88 | 90 | 32 |