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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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CONFIRMED NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS)
| 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | |
| Scarlet Fever | 88 | 42 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Pneumonia | 82 | 68 | 35 | 58 | 35 | 47 | 21 | 5 | 33 | 10 | 34 | |
| Diphtheria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 9 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Measles | 77 | 1324 | 0 | 339 | 0 | 924 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1804 | 0 | |
| Whooping Cough | 87 | 0 | 148 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dysentery Group | 14 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Poliomyelitis | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Encephalitis | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Food Poisoning Enteric or | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |