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 1957

[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 Poisoning7
Diphtheria-Meningococcal Infection2
Scarlet Fever94Malaria-
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid)1Dysentery241
Erysipelas13
Puerperal Pyrexia77Tuberculosis:
Pneumonia:Pulmonary113
Primary72Non-Pulmonary15
Influenzal99Ophthalmia Neonatorum5
Acute Poliomyelitis-Measles1,854
Acute EncephalitisWhooping Cough131
Infective2
Post Infectious-Total2,726