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 1953
[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 | - | 6 | 13 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 1 | - | 84 |
| W hooping Cough | 17 | 57 | 62 | 105 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 257 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 7 |
| Measles | 36 | 188 | 280 | 404 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 938 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — |
| AT AGES | |||||||||
| 5—14 | 15- 44 | 45—64 | 65 and over | Totals | |||||
| Acute pneumonia | 23 | 13 | 32 | 20 | 13 | - | 101 | ||
| Dysentery | — | — | — | 1 | — | - | 1 | ||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Acute encephalitis lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Para-tvphoid fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Erysipelas | — | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | 7 | ||
| Food poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Meningococcal Infection | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | ||
| Malaria | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| Puerperal pyrexia | 12 | (all ages) | |||||||
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | ||||||||