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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | — | Meningococcal Infection | 5 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | Malaria | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 286 | Dysentery | 163 |
| Enteric Fever (including Para | Erysipelas | 17 | |
| typhoid) | 4 | Polio- Encephalitis | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 54 | Tuberculosis : | |
| Pneumonia : | Pulmonary | 132 | |
| Primary | 152 | Non- Pulmonary | 17 |
| Influenzal | 52 | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 4 | Measles | 132 |
| Food Poisoning | 15 | Whooping Cough | 116 |
| Total | 1154 |
DEATHS —
Causes of Death, 1954
| Cause of Death | Deaths, 1954 | Total Deaths 1953 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | ||
| Tuberculosis, Respiratory | 12 | 7 | 19 | 28 |
| Tuberculosis, Other | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Syphilitic Disease | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | 2 |
| Meningococcal Infections | — | — | — | — |
| Acute PoliomyeUtis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Measles | — | — | - | — |
| Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 2 | — | 2 | 4 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | 23 | 23 | 46 | 45 |
| „ „ Lung, Bronchus | 75 | 10 | 85 | 71 |
| „ „ Breast | 1 | 43 | 44 | 42 |
| „ „ Uterus | — | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Other Malignant Lymphatic Neoplasms | 100 | 101 | 201 | 158 |
| Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | 7 | 7 | 14 | 16 |
| Diabetes | 7 | 6 | 13 | 13 |
| Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | 81 | 144 | 225 | 254 |
| Coronary Disease, Angina | 182 | 118 | 300 | 242 |
| Hypertension with Heart Disease | 17 | 18 | 35 | 47 |
| Other Heart Disease | 111 | 127 | 238 | 266 |
| Other Circulatory Disease | 31 | 38 | 69 | 69 |
| Influenza | _ | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| Pneumonia | 22 | 32 | 54 | 80 |
| Bronchitis | 56 | 40 | 106 | 151 |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory System | 7 | 7 | 14 | 20 |
| Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | 13 | 5 | 18 | 11 |
| Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 |
| Hyperplasia of Prostate | 10 | — | 10 | 10 |
| Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | — | — | — | 1 |
| Congenital Malformations | 6 | 6 | 12 | 15 |
| Other Defined and Ill-Defined Diseases | 55 | 63 | 118 | 111 |
| Motor Vehicle Accidents | 17 | 7 | 24 | 17 |
| All other Accidents | 23 | 15 | 38 | 46 |
| Suicide | 19 | 11 | 30 | 12 |
| Homicides and Operations of War | — | 2 | 2 | — |
| Totals | 899 | 852 | 1,751 | 1,808 |