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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Infectious and Other Notifiable Diseases Classified in Age Groups
| Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Poliomyelitis | Measles | Diphtheria | Dysentery | Meningococcal Infection | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paralytic | Non-Paralytic | |||||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Numbers originally notified | 142 | 127 | 49 | 41 | - | 981 | 947 | _ | _ | 75 | 119 | - | 2 | |||
| FINAL numbers after correction Under 1 year | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 26 | 30 | - | - | - | 14 | - | 1 |
| 1 - | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 88 | 86 | - | - | 6 | 3 | - | — |
| 2 - | 9 | 12 | 6 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 111 | 106 | - | - | 4 | 7 | - | - |
| 3 - | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 112 | 102 | - | - | 6 | 5 | - | - |
| 4 - | 21 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 128 | 138 | - | - | 7 | 5 | - | - |
| 5-9 | 80 | 83 | 18 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 487 | 452 | - | - | 9 | 14 | - | ~ |
| 10 - 14 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 21 | 21 | - | - | 10 | 13 | - | - |
| 15 - 24 | 1 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 10 | - | - | 7 | 16 | ~ | — |
| 25 and over | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 26 | 42 | ~ | 1 |
| Age unknown | - | — | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 142 | 127 | 49 | 41 | - | - | - | - | 981 | 947 | - | - | 75 | 119 | - | 2 |