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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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Monthly incidence of the Infectious Diseases.
| Disease. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September | October. | November. | December. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 16 | 11 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 136 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nil |
| Pneumonia | 6 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 7 | 67 |
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 16 |
| Dysentery | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| Measles | 4 | 123 | 428 | 315 | 240 | 81 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 1286 |
| Whooping cough | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 79 |
| Paratyphoid fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis :— | |||||||||||||
| Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 6 |
| Non-Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 5 |
| Encephalitis :— | |||||||||||||
| Infective | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nil |
| Post-Infectious | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Meningococcal infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Fo0d poisoning | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 25 |
Winter Respiratory Diseases (October—March).
| Notifications of primary pneumonia and acute influenzal-pneumonia. | Death certificates in which respiratory diseases mentioned. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1952-53 | 75 | 210 |
| 1953-54 | 40 | 163 |
| 1954-55 | 56 | 156 |
| 1955-56 | 57 | 187 |
| 1956-57 | 30 | 98 |