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 1956

[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-Food Poisoning16
Diphtheria-Meningococcal Infection2
Scarlet Fever156Malaria-
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid)-Dysentery179
Erysipelas12
Puerperal Pyrexia71Tuberculosis
PneumoniaPulmonary134
Primary113Non-Pulmonary13
Influenzal48Ophthalmia Neonatorum2
Acute Poliomyelitis48Measles726
Acute EncephalitisWhooping Cough67
Infective1
Post Infectious1Total1,589