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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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TABLES
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 | 58 | 68 | 36 | 25 | – | – | – | – | 1,930 | 1,688 | – | – | 136 | 118 | – | 1 |
| Final numbers after correction: | ||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 year | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 82 | 69 | – | – | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| 1– | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 193 | 167 | – | – | 10 | 3 | – | – |
| 2– | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 251 | 266 | – | – | 7 | 7 | – | – |
| 3– | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 300 | 263 | – | – | 4 | 6 | – | – |
| 4– | 14 | 17 | 5 | 10 | – | – | – | – | 331 | 279 | – | – | 4 | 2 | – | – |
| 5–9 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 748 | 601 | – | – | 17 | 14 | – | 1 |
| 10–14 | 6 | 7 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 32 | – | – | 6 | 8 | – | – |
| 15–24 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 6 | – | – | 17 | 17 | – | – |
| 25 and over | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | 52 | 50 | – | – |
| Age unknown | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| Total | 57 | 67 | 38 | 25 | – | – | – | – | 1,930 | 1,688 | – | – | 123 | 112 | – | 1 |