Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE 21
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING YEAR 1950, and HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
Disease | Cases Notified. | Cases Admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths |
---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 174 | 23 | - |
Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | - |
Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | - |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | 5 | - |
Pneumonia | 61 | 27 | 27 |
Dysentery | 95 | 5 | - |
Erysipelas | 9 | - | - |
Malaria contracted abroad | 1 | 1 | - |
Measles | 720 | 12 | - |
Meningococcal Infection | 7 | 6 | - |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | - | - |
Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 10 | 10 | 1 |
Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic | 15 | 10 | - |
Whooping Cough | 357 | 14 | - |
Infective Hepatitis | 24 | 2 | 1 |
Pood Poisoning | 8 | - | - |
Total | 1,491 | 117 | 29 |