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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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Monthly incidence of the Infectious Diseases.
| Disease. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 15 | 31 | 39 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 219 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 10 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 88 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 18 |
| Dysentery | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 21 |
| Measles | 1 | 5 | 56 | 77 | 46 | 67 | 56 | 38 | 4 | 42 | 295 | 544 | 1231 |
| Whooping cough | 10 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 113 |
| Paratyphoid fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis:— | |||||||||||||
| Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 8 |
| Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Encephalitis:— | |||||||||||||
| Infective | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Post-Infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal | |||||||||||||
| infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Food poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 5 |
Winter Respiratory Diseases (October—March).
| Notifications of primary pneumonia and acute influenzal-pneumonia. | Death certificates in which respiratory diseases mentioned. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1948-49 | 97 | 123 |
| 1949-50 | 77 | 76 |
| 1950-51 | 73 | 171 |
| 1951-52 | 45 | 99 |
| 1952-53 | 75 | 210 |