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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Monthly incidence of the Infectious Diseases.
| Disease. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 10 | 11 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 177 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 20 | 36 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 116 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 5 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| Dysentery | 2 | 20 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 66 | |
| Measles | 205 | 400 | 385 | 108 | 152 | 40 | 44 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | 1461 |
| Whooping cough | 151 | 131 | 131 | 64 | (52 | 40 | 40 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 701 |
| Paratyphoid fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis:— | |||||||||||||
| Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Non-Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 5 |
| Encephalitis:— | |||||||||||||
| Infective | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Post-Infectious | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | - | — | - | - | |
| Meningococcal infection | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | _ | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Food poisoning | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 15 | |
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Winter Respiratory Diseases (October—March).
| Notifications of primary pneumonia and acute influenzal-pneumonia. | Death certificates in which respiratory diseases mentioned. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1047-48 | 82 | 90 |
| 1048-40 | 97 | 123 |
| 1940-50 | 77 | 76 |
| 1950-51 | 73 | 171 |
| 1051-52 | 45 | 99 |