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
Hayes and Harlington 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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ANALYSIS OF TOTAL CASES
| Disease | AT AGES | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1—2 | 3—4 | 5—9 | 10—14 | 15—24 | 25 and over | Age unknown | Totals | |
| Scarlet fever | _ | 4 | 32 | 53 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 101 |
| Whooping cough | 27 | 66 | 113 | 117 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | 331 |
| Acute poliomyelitis | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 10 |
| Meningococcal infection | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Measles | 27 | 135 | 206 | 253 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 634 | |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AT AGES | |||||||||
| 5—14 | 15—44 | 45—64 | 65 and over | ||||||
| Acute pneumonia | 21 | 7 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 95 | ||
| Dysentery | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 15 | 25 | ||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Acute encephalitis lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Enteric fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Paratyphoid fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Erysipelas | — | — | 1 | 3 | _ | — | 4 | ||
| Food poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Puerperal pyrexia | 20 | (all ages) | |||||||
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | ||||||||