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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, 1938.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE | Total cases Notified at all ages. | Cases Notified in the Whole District. | Total removed to Hospital. | % of cases removed to Hospital | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages—Years. | |||||||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 & over | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 417 | - | 2 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 248 | 61 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 330 | 79.13 |
| Diphtheria | 82 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 21 | — | 7 | 6 | — | — | 76 | 92.68 |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 100.00 |
| (including* Paratyphoid) Puerperal Pyrexia | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 4 | - | - | 20 | 76.92 |
| (Excluding Willesden cases) | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 4 | — | — | 13 | 68.42 |
| Pneumonia | 74 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 3 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 25 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7 | .2 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 40.00 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 71.42 |
| Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis | 8 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 7 | 87.50 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 100.00 |
| Dysentery | 15 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 8 | 53.30 |