London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wimbledon 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Notifications of Infectious Disease during the last 10 years.
| DISEASE | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 15 | 10 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | - |
| Dysentery | - | 3 | - | 89 | 18 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 7 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica, acute | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 8 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Malaria | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 77 | 556 | 272 | 57 | 586 | 339 | 253 | 481 | 707 | 364 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 9 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 20 | 20 | 30 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 15 | 19 | 20 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 10 | 12 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 39 | 100 | 186 | 77 | 46 | 37 | 51 | 95 | 55 | 68 |
| Whooping-cough | 144 | 34 | 115 | 117 | 54 | 114 | 157 | 231 | 149 | 181 |
| 333 | 763 | 659 | 420 | 780 | 571 | 541 | 849 | 969 | 668 | |
| Tuberculosis:— | ||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 71 | 64 | 59 | 66 | 76 | 84 | 87 | 87 | 96 | 102 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 12 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 13 |