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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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CONFIRMED NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS)
| 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | |
| Scarlet Fever | 117 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Pneumonia | 60 | 23 | 82 | 38 | 68 | 35 | 58 | 25 | 47 | 21 | 5 | 33 |
| Diphtheria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Measles | 1154 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 1324 | 0 | 339 | 0 | 924 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Whooping Cough | 59 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 148 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| Dysentery Group | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Poliomyelitis | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Encephalitis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Food Poisoning | 8 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |