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Wembley 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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DEATHS FROM CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES' (From
Registrar General).
Typhoid & Para-Typhoid Fevers 1 (-)
Cerebro-spinal Fever 3 (l)
Scarlet Fever - (-)
Diphtheria - (2)
Whooping Cough 1 (l)
Measles 1 (l)
Influenza 9 (13)
Acute Poliomyelitis and
Polio Encephalitis - (-)
Acute Infective Encephalitis 1 (-)
Pneumonia 55 (55)
Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 20 (2)
(Comparative figures in brackets
for 1939).
TUBERCULOSIS.
New Cases Notified.
Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary.
M. F. M. F.
Total 56 44 13 12
(60) (40) (12) (10)
Deaths.
Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary.
M. F. M. F.
Total 35 21 1 6
(25) (23) (4) (5)
(Comparative figures in brackets
for 1939).
13.