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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| DISEASE | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 24 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 89 | 18 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 7 | 53 | 36 | 19 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica, acute | _ | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | _ | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 11 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | - | - | 5 | 2 | - | 4 | - | 6 | |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Measles | 57 | 586 | 339 | 253 | 481 | 707 | 364 | 758 | 337 | 896 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 25 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 27 | 24 | 29 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 22 |
| Scarlet Fever | 77 | 46 | 37 | 51 | 95 | 55 | 68 | 136 | 128 | 96 |
| Whooping-cough | 117 | 54 | 114 | 157 | 231 | 149 | 181 | 166 | 112 | 183 |
| 420 | 780 | 571 | 541 | 849 | 969 | 668 | 1,158 | 649 | 1,267 | |
| Tuberculosis:- Pulmonary | 66 | 76 | 84 | 87 | 87 | 96 | 102 | 93 | 84 | 104 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 10 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 |