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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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| Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Acute Poliomyelitis | Measles | Diphtheria | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paralytic | Non-Paralytic | |||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Numbers originally notified | 107 | 96 | 272 | 278 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1693 | 1603 | 1 | 1 |
| Numbers corrected : Under 1 year | - | 2 | 18 | 25 | - | - | - | - | 39 | 39 | - | - |
| 1—2 years | 10 | 5 | 47 | 49 | — | 1 | — | — | 396 | 336 | — | — |
| 3—4 years | 24 | 17 | 69 | 70 | 1 | — | 1 | - | 506 | 521 | — | — |
| 5—9 years | 56 | 56 | 131 | 116 | — | — | 2 | — | 715 | 650 | — | — |
| 10—14 years | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | — | — | 2 | i | 20 | 25 | — | — |
| 15—24 years | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 19 | 1 | — |
| 25 and over | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | — | 1 | - | i | 7 | 13 | — | — |
| Age unknown | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | - | — |
| Totals | 102 | 94 | 272 | 278 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1693 | 1603 | 1 | — |
| Acute Pneumonia | Dysentery | Smal pox | Acute Encephalitis | Enteric or Typhoid Fever | ||||||||
| Infective | Post-Infectious | |||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Numbers originally notified | 111 | 89 | 2 77 | 265 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Numbers corrected : Under 5 years | 9 | 25 | 76 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5—14 years | 20 | 12 | 151 | 108 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 15—44 years | 35 | 20 | 22 | 60 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 45—64 years | 28 | 20 | 4 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 65 and over | 18 | 10 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 110 | 8 7 | 254 | 247 | — | - | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Paratyphoid Fevers | Erysipelas | Meningococcal Infection | Food Poisoning | Other Notifiable Diseases | ||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Original | Corrected | |||
| Numbers originally notified | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 40 | M | F | M | F |
| Numbers corrected : Under 5 years | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | Oph. Neonatorum (all under 1 vear) | |||
| 5—14 years | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 5 15 1 | |||
| 15—44 years | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | |||
| 45—64 years | — | — | 6 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 2 | Malaria (3 years) | |||
| 65 and over | — | — | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | — 1 — 1 | |||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Puerperal Pyrexia | ||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15-20 yrs 1 | ||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20-35 yrs 35 | ||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35-45 yrs 2 | ||||
| Totals | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | - | 1 | 9 | 5 | 38 | |||