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 1963

[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-Malaria-
Diphtheria-Dysentery199
Scarlet Fever76Erysipelas6
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid)1Tuberculosis: Pulmonary89
Puerperal Pyrexia57Non-pulmonary11
Pneumonia: Primary68Ophthalmia neonatorum-
Measles.2,072
Influenzal29Whooping Cough93
Acute Poliomyelitis1Total2,712
Food Poisoning9
Meningococcal Infection1