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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SECTION F
Number of Cases | Admission to Hospitals | Deaths | |
---|---|---|---|
Acute Poliomyelitis: | |||
Paralytic | 17 | 17 | 1 |
Non-paralytic | 11 | 11 | - |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 17 | 4 | - |
Dysentery | 12 | - | - |
Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | - |
Food Poisoning | 8 | 1 | - |
Meningoccoccal Infection | 1 | 1 | - |
Measles | 1,176 | 13 | - |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 2 | - |
Scarlet Fever | 71 | 5 | - |
Tuberculosis: | |||
Respiratory | 32 | 11 | 7 |
Meninges and C.N.S. | 1 | 1 | - |
Other | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Whooping Cough | 46 | - | - |
Total | 1,398 | 69 | 11 |