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 Chigwell]
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Summary of cases of infectious diseases notified, showing number of cases, admissions to hospital and deaths.
Infectious Disease. | Total Cases (Notified). | Admissions to Hospital. | Deaths |
---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 94 | 49 | — |
Diphtheria | 5 | 5 | — |
Erysipelas | 7 | 4 | — |
Pneumonia | 24 | 8 | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 1 | — |
Measles | 234 | 1 | — |
Whooping Cough | 74 | — | - |
Scabies | 43 | — | - |
Dysentery | 4 | 1 | — |
487 | 69 | — |
TUBERCULOSIS.
Age. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | |||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
Under 1 year | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
I and under 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
5 „ „ 15 | „ | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
15 „ „ 25 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
25 „ „ 35 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — |
35 „ „ 45 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
45 „ „ 55 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
55 „ „ 65 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
65 and upwards | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Totals | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | — | — |
M. —Male. F.—Female. |
Note.-It will be seen that 32 new cases were notified as
in the previous year. There were 12 deaths from tuberculosis compared
with 8 in 1942.