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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Infectious and other Notifiable Diseases Classified in Age Groups
| Scarelt 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 | 113 | 125 | 236 | 255 | 6 | — | 6 | 1 | 1347 | 1211 | — | — |
| Numbers corrected : | ||||||||||||
| Under i year | — | — | 15 | 21 | — | — | — | 31 | 34 | — | — | |
| 1—2 years | 12 | 12 | 48 | 54 | 1 | — | — | — | 258 | 257 | — | — |
| 3—4 years | 15 | 14 | 54 | 54 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 388 | 332 | — | — |
| 5—9 years | 68 | 76 | 114 | 118 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 633 | 546 | — | — |
| 10—14 years | 7 | 16 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 3 | 14 | — | — |
| 15—24 years | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 18 | 16 | — | — |
| 25 and over | — | — | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6 | 12 | — | — |
| Age unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 109 | 124 | 236 | 255 | 6 | — | 6 | 1 | 1347 | 1211 | — | — |
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| Acute Pneumonia | Dysentery | Small 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 | 114 | 117 | 69 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Numbers corrected: Under 5 years | 24 | 16 | 12 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5—14 years | 12 | 22 | 12 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15—44 years | 29 | 31 | 11 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 45—64 years | 34 | 29 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 65 and over | 15 | 19 | 1 | I | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 114 | 117 | 40 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Para typhoid Fevers | Erysipelas | Meningococcal Infection | Food Poisoning | Other Notifiable Diseases | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Original | Corrected | |||
| Numbers originally notified | — | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 16 | M | F | M | F |
| Numbers corrected: Under 5 years | 1 | 1 | Malaria (21, 25 and 29 years) | |||||||||
| 5—14 years | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 15—44 years | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | — |
| 45—64 years | — | 1 | 6 | — | — | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 65 and over | 2 | 3 | Puerperal Pyrexia 15-20 years 7 20-35 years 48 35-45 years 5 | |||||||||
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 5 1 13 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 60 | ||||