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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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| Disease. | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Total. 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 20 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 26 | 41 | 16 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 32 | 301 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 10 |
| Pneumonia | 26 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 133 |
| Erysipelas | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 48 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Dysentery | — | 4 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 39 |
| Measles | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 252 | 302 | 159 | 17 | 47 | 40 | 80 | 965 |
| Whooping cough | 60 | 22 | 49 | 59 | 62 | 40 | 76 | 43 | 29 | 14 | 23 | 28 | 505 |
| Acute poliomyelitis | - | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | — | — | 7 |
| Acute polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Malaria | 4 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 11 |
| Notifications of primary pneumonia and acute influenzal-pneumonia. | Death certificates in which respiratory diseases mentioned. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1942-43 | 92 | 105 |
| 1943-44 | 151 | 170 |
| 1944-45 | 93 | 92 |
| 1945-46 | 93 | 70 |
| 1946-47 | 100 | 116 |