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 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 |
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Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Diphtheria | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | –_ | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Scarlet Fever | 238 | 287 | 108 | 159 | 95 | 232 | 269 | 117 | 67 | 98 | 76 | 51 |
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 61 | 54 | 44 | 71 | 77 | 67 | 37 | 63 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 47 |
Pneumonia: | ||||||||||||
Primary | 157 | 152 | 135 | 113 | 72 | 94 | 97 | 30 | 37 | 45 | 68 | 29 |
Influenzal | 74 | 52 | 56 | 48 | 99 | 57 | 57 | 16 | 33 | 24 | 29 | 14 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 13 | 5 | 61 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | – | ||
Meningococcal Infection | – | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
Malaria | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Dysentery | 132 | 225 | 149 | 193 | 252 | 244 | 194 | 261 | 127 | 90 | 199 | 139 |
Erysipelas | 18 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
Tuberculosis: | ||||||||||||
Pulmonary | 205 | 132 | 119 | 134 | 113 | 97 | 109 | 89 | 93 | 70 | 89 | 47 |
Non-Pulmonary | 20 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 5 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – |
Measles | 2,558 | 132 | 2,422 | 726 | 1,854 | 975 | 1,928 | 50 | 3,250 | 286 | 2,072 | 354 |
Whooping Cough | 491 | 116 | 156 | 67 | 131 | 85 | 90 | 258 | 51 | 19 | 93 | 80 |
Food Poisoning | 31 | 78 | 36 | 26 | 20 | 18 | 39 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
Totals | 4,004 | 1,284 | 3,335 | 1,612 | 2,752 | 1,908 | 2,844 | 945 | 3,741 | 705 | 2,714 | 780 |