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Wembley 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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TABLE II.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1921.
| Notifiable Disease | Cases notified in the whole District. | Total cases re-mov'd to Hospital. | Total Deaths from I D. in District | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At all Ages—Years. | |||||||||
| Under 1 | I to 5 | 5 to 5 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upw'ds | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 55 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 4 | 37 | ||||
| Diphtheria | 43 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 30 | 3 | ||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 15 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 11 | ||||
| Pneumonia | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | ||||
| Erysipelas | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Tuberculosis (other than Pul) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Encephalitis L. | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Measles | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Totals | 134 | 2 | 11 | 74 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 67 | 29 | |