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 1949
[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 | 15 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 21 | 32 | 32 | 237 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 10 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 139 |
| Ervsipelas | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 26 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| Measles | 102 | 175 | 296 | 254 | 121 | 92 | 44 | 21 | 5 | 19 | 17 | - | 1146 |
| Whooping cough | 25 | 26 | 39 | 42 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 252 |
| Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Acute polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Notifications of primary pneumonia and acute influenzal-pneumonia. | Death certificates in which respiratory diseases mentioned. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1945-46 | 93 | 70 |
| 1946-47 | 100 | 116 |
| 1947-48 | 90 | |
| 1948-49 | 97 | 123 |
| 1949-50 | 77 | 76 |