[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley].

  • Wembley (London, England). Municipal Borough.
Date:
[1952]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Monthly incidence of the Infectious Diseases. Disease. January. February. March. April. May. June. July. August. September. October. November. December. Total. Scarlet fever 10 11 21 17 14 11 6 4 13 25 17 10 177 Diphtheria - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pneumonia 20 36 10 8 8 1 4 6 4 1 4 5 116 Erysipelas 3 3 1 — 5 — 1 3 2 3 2 1 24 Dysentery 2 4 20 3 16 3 1 — 1 — 1 3 66 Measles 205 400 385 108 152 40 44 28 7 1 1 — 1461 Whooping cough 151 131 131 64 (52 40 40 30 16 12 11 13 701 Paratyphoid fever - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 Poliomyelitis:— Paralytic — — — — — 1 — 1 — 1 — — 3 Non-Paralytic — — — — — — — 2 — 2 — 1 5 Encephalitis:— Infective - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 Post-Infectious — — — — - — — — - - — - - Meningococcal infection - - - 1 1 - _ 1 1 - - - 4 Food poisoning - - - 1 4 3 2 1 1 1 2 - 15 • . Winter Respiratory Diseases (October—March). Notifications of primary pneumonia and acute influenzal-pneumonia. Death certifi cates in which respiratory diseases mentioned. 1047-48 82 90 1048-40 97 123 1940-50 77 76 1950-51 73 171 1051-52 45 99 20