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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Monthly
| Disease. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 62 | |||||
| Diphtheria | . — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nil |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 10 | ||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | |||
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 16 | |||
| Measles | 122 | 180 | 116 | 20 | — | — | 812 | ||||||
| Whooping cough | 22 | 26 | 12 | — | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis:— | |||||||||||||
| Paralytic | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | |
| Encephalitis :— | |||||||||||||
| Infective | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Post- Infectious | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Meningococcal infection | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Food poisoning | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | |||||
Winter
| Notifications of primary pneumonia and acute influenzal-pneumonia. | Death certificates in which respiratory diseases mentioned. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1953-54 | 40 | 163 |
| 1954-55 | 56 | 156 |
| 1955-56 | 57 | 187 |
| 1956-57 | 30 | |
| 1957-58 | 71 | 172 |