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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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| Age Group. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Measles. | Dysentery. | Poliomyelitis. | Meningococcal infection. | Age Group. | Acute pneumonia. | Erysipelas. | Encephalitis | Food Poisoning. | Typhoid Fever | Paratyphoid Fever. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paralytic. | Nonparalytic. | Acute infective. | Postinfectious. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| 0 | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | 11 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 43 | 51 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | - | — | 5 | 3 | 5 | — | — | — | - | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | - |
| 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 52 | 65 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | — | - | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | - | |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 69 | 76 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 17 | 13 | 3 | — | — | - | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | - | — | - |
| 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 89 | 83 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 65 & over | 5 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | 47 | 54 | 10 | 15 | — | — | 257 | 312 | 2 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 15 | 19 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | - | — | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | - | — | |||||||||||||||
| 25 & over | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| All ages | 74 | 79 | 20 | 26 | Nil | 539 | 618 | 13 | 20 | 1 | — | 1 | — | Nil | All ages | 28 | 34 | 5 | 2 | Nil | Nil | 7 | 9 | Nil | 1 | ||||||