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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Notifications of Selected Infectious Diseases according to sex and age as finally diagnosed.
| Age group. | Poliomyelitis | Acute | Menin-gococcal infection. | Encephalitis | Paratyphoid fever. | Food Poisoning. | Postinfectious. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever. | Whooping cough. | Diphtheria. | Measles. | Paralytic. | Nonparalytic. | Age group. | Dysentery. | pneumonia. | Erysipelas. | Acute infective. | |||||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| 0 | — | — | — | — | - | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | — | 98 | 78 | — | 2 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | ||
| 3 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 14 | — | — | 151 | 136 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | — |
| 5 | 83 | 71 | 28 | 40 | — | — | 365 | 369 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — |
| 10 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 65 & over | — | — | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | Unstated | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 & over | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| All ages | 113 | 106 | 54 | 69 | Nil | 633 | 598 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | All ages | 14 | 62 | 26 | 11 | — | 1 | Nil | Nil | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | |||||