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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
Hornchurch 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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Diphtheria.
The number of cases of Diphtheria notified was 158 as compared with
35 in the year 1933.
The case rate was 3.02 per 1,000 of the population.
The following table shows the number of cases notified in each ward during each month of the year:-
| Total | Cranham | Emerson Park | Harold Wood | North West | Rainham | Thameside | Town | Upminster | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7 | 2 | [1] | 3 | |||||
| February | 6 | 1 | 3 | [1] | |||||
| March | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| April | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| May | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||
| June | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
| July | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| August | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| September | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| October | 26 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||
| November | 37 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||
| December | 19 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 158 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 50 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 9 |