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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
Wembley 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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TABLE II.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1919.
| Notifiable Disease | Cases notified in the whole District. | Total cases removed to Hospital | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages—Tears. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5 | to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards | |||
| Measles | 46 | 1 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 3 | |||
| Diphtheria (including (Membranous croup) | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Scarlet fever | 14 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Pneumonia | 17 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 15 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Malaria | 20 | 4 | 15 | 1 | |||||
| Totals | 154 | 6 | 21 | 53 | 31 | 35 | 9 | — | 20 |