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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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TABLE SHOWING THE CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1936.
| Notifiable Disease. | Total. | Number of cases notified in age-groups. | Total cases notified in each Ward. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Upminster. | No. removed to hospital. | ||
| Smallpox | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 235 | 0 | 47 | 152 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 11 | 69 | 23 | 10 | 59 | 26 | 170 |
| Diphtheria | 95 | 0 | 20 | 59 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 95 |
| Enteric Fever (with Paratyphoid) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Polio-encephalitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 48 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 24 | |
| Erysipelas | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Cerebrospinal fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||