London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 11 | 9 | 35 | 24 | 31 | 68 | 32 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 269 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 20 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | 5 | 15 | 14 | 109 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | — | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 35 |
| Pemphigus neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dvsenterv | 7 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 59 |
| Measles | 56 | 145 | 380 | 247 | 212 | 83 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 80 | 1307 |
| Whooping cough | 52 | 67 | 118 | 90 | 62 | 69 | 73 | 47 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 648 |
| Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 |
| Acute polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Notifications of primary pneumonia and acute influenzal-pneumonia. | Death certificates in which respiratory diseases mentioned. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1944-45 | 93 | 92 |
| 1945-46 | 93 | 70 |
| 1946-47 | 100 | 116 |
| 1947-48 | 82 | 90 |
| 1948-49 | 97 | 123 |