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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 1956
[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. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Measles. | Dysentery. | Poliomyelitis. | Menin gococcal infection. | Age Group. | Acute pneumonia. | Erysipelas | Encephalitis | Fo0d Poisoning. | Typhoid Fever | Paratyphoid Fever. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Paralytic. | Nonparalytic. | Acute infective. | Postinfectious. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. | M | F. | ||
| 0 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 15 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 36 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 10 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 43 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | 5 | 2 | — | 5 | — | — | 98 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | — | — | 84 | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 65 & over | 6 | 6 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | 42 | 39 | 21 | 22 | — | — | 386 | 341 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 8 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| 25 & over | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||
| All ages | 66 | 70 | 37 | 42 | Nil | 674 | 612 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | All ages | 37 | 30 | 4 | 12 | Nil | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 | — | |||