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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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| Disease | Total Cases Notified | 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 | 45to 65 | 65 and over | |||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 294 | — | — | 7 | 16 | 24 | 33 | 175 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 18 | 4 | — | — |
| Pneumonia: | ||||||||||||||
| Primary | 174 | 77 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 19 |
| Influenzal | 7 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 42 | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Malaria | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Dysentery | 24 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | — |
| Erysipelas | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis: | ||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 209 | 48 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 91 | 30 | 38 | 12 |
| N-Pulmonary | 41 | 6 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 1016 | — | 23 | 107 | 100 | 140 | 135 | 485 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 274 | — | 18 | 26 | 25 | 29 | 55 | 112 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Totals | 2153 | 138 | 63 | 153 | 159 | 209 | 241 | 825 | 63 | 47 | 171 | 74 | 109 | 39 |