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 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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Table: 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.

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.

DiseaseDisease
Smallpox-Meningococcal Infection3
Diphtheria-Malaria1
Scarlet Fever108Dysentery128
Enteric Fever (includingErysipelas12
Paratyphoid)7Tuberculosis:
Puerperal Pyrexia44Pulmonary119
Pneumonia-Non-Pulmonary24
Primary135Ophthalmia Neonatorum2
Influen al56Measles2,422
Acute Poliomyelitis58Whooping Cough156
Food Poisoning11
Total3,286