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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 1962
[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. | Meningococcal infection. | Age Group. | Acute pneumonia | Erysipelas | Encephalitis | Food 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | - | — | — | — | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 17 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 36 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 37 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 65 & | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 86 | 97 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | over | 4 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | — | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| 25 & over | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| All ages | 22 | 22 | 6 | 6 | Nil | 215 | 196 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Nil | Nil | All ages | 13 | 21 | 4 | 1 | Nil | 2 | - | 4 | 4 | Nil | Nil | ||||||