Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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The number of cases of infectious disease notified in the Borough in the past twelve years is shown in the following table.
Disease | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 |
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Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Diphtheria | 92 | 33 | 48 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 3 |
Scarlet Fever | 303 | 116 | 166 | 180 | 448 | 228 | 340 | 232 | 133 | 204 | 176 | 294 |
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 5 | 4 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 8 | 5 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 40 | 30 | 30 | 39 | 41 | 42 | 47 | 35 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 24 |
Pneumonia: | ||||||||||||
Primary | 50 | 66 | 97 | 105 | 123 | 142 | 110 | 114 | 127 | 189 | 163 | 173 |
Influenzal | 26 | 10 | 27 | 17 | 40 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 10 | 34 | 42 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1 | — | 6 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 9 |
Malaria | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 4 |
Dysentery | 2 | — | 3 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 60 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 24 |
Erysipelas | 37 | 29 | 26 | 36 | 41 | 30 | 26 | 31 | 38 | 32 | 13 | 24 |
Polio-Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 4 | 3 | — |
Tuberculosis: | ||||||||||||
Pulmonary | 149 | 156 | 195 | 223 | 233 | 173 | 194 | 275 | 204 | 206 | 205 | 209 |
Non-Pulmonary | 38 | 30 | 28 | 38 | 5i | 30 | 23 | 33 | 25 | 27 | 32 | 41 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 16 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | — | 5 | 3 |
Total | 759 | 488 | 653 | 689 | 1004 | 700 | 840 | 788 | 641 | 730 | 706 | 869 |
The number of cases of infectious disease originally notified sometimes varies due to changes of diagnosis and the following table is therefore given to show the final numbers after correction.
Disease | Disease | ||
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Smallpox | — | Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 9 |
Diphtheria | — | Malaria | 4 |
Scarlet Fever | 286 | Dysentery | 22 |
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 4 | Erysipelas | 24 |
Polio-Encephalitis | — | ||
Puerperal Pyrexia | 24 | Tuberculosis: | |
Pneumonia: | Pulmonary | 209 | |
Primary | 171 | Non-Pulmonary | 41 |
Influenzal | 6 | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 39 | — | |
Total | 842 |