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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

Leyton 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1950.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1950.

DISEASE.Total.Leyton.Lea Bridge.Central North.Central South.Forest.Leyton-stone.Grove Green.Harrow Green.Cann Hall.Wan-stead Slip.Removed to Hospitals.
Smallpox....................................
Diphtheria....................................
Eriysipelas599532346351...3
Scarlet Fever2191717232533161517381866
Pemphigus Neon....................................
Tuberculosis Pulmonary130162196192051214840
Tuberculosis other forms15133131111...4
Pneumonia3332625177311833191444152
Ophthalmia Neon2.........1...1...............
Typhoid Fever1............1...............1
Paratyphoid Fever....................................
Puerperal Pyrexia5......1...4...............4
Meningococcal Infection2............1...............2
Poliomyelitis Paralytic813......121.........7
Poliomyelitis Non-Pamlytic61...111...11......6
Acute Encephalitis Infective1...............1............1
Acute Encephalitis post infectious1.................................
Measles1111791277911730416667101185334
Whooping Cough769708211110099993377435519
Dysentery65......1258112......64
Food Poisoning30221...671...52...
Totals2757222289249349653353147230125140403