Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Cases of Infectious and Other Notifiable Diseases notified in the Borough
Disease | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Diphtheria | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | 294 | 203 | 402 | 238 | 287 | 108 | 159 | 95 | 232 | 269 | 117 | 67 |
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 24 | 38 | 70 | 61 | 54 | 44 | 71 | 77 | 67 | 37 | 63 | 44 |
Pneumonia: | ||||||||||||
Primary | 173 | 162 | 100 | 157 | 152 | 135 | 113 | 72 | 94 | 97 | 30 | 37 |
Influenzal | 6 | 38 | 28 | 74 | 52 | 56 | 48 | 99 | 57 | 57 | 16 | 33 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 42 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 61 | 46 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
Meningococcal Infection | 9 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Malaria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Dysentery | 24 | 542 | 179 | 132 | 225 | 149 | 193 | 252 | 244 | 194 | 261 | 127 |
Erysipelas | 24 | 17 | 26 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 6 |
Tuberculosis: | ||||||||||||
Pulmonary | 209 | 210 | 211 | 205 | 132 | 119 | 134 | 113 | 97 | 109 | 89 | 93 |
Non-Pulmonary | 41 | 24 | 29 | 20 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 10 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 6 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Measles | 1,016 | 3, 296 | 993 | 2, 558 | 132 | 726 | 1,854 | 975 | 1,928 | 50 | 3,250 | |
Whooping Cough | 274 | 550 | 77 | 491 | 116 | 156 | 67 | 131 | 85 | 90 | 258 | 51 |
Food Poisoning | 23 | 86 | 26 | 31 | 78 | 36 | 26 | 20 | 18 | 39 | 20 | 15 |
Totals | 2, 174 | 5, 190 | 2, 165 | 4, 004 | 1,284 | 1,612 | 2,752 | 1,908 | 945 | 3,741 |