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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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TABLE SHOWING THE CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1935.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE | Total | Number of cases notified in age-groups. | Total cases notified in each Ward. | No. removed to Hospital | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | Cranham | Emerson Park | Harold Wood | North-West | Rainham | Thameside | Town | Upmin8ter | |||
| Smallpox | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 216 | 0 | 46 | 139 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 13 | 38 | 18 | 6 | 77 | 28 | 153 |
| Diphtheria | 119 | 1 | 16 | 80 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 17 | 24 | 27 | 2 | 116 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| (with Paratyphoid) Puerperal Fever | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Pneumonia | 37 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| Erysipelas | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||