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Hornchurch 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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TABLE SHOWING THE CASES OP INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1938.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE | Total | Number o£ 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 | Upminster | |||
| Smallpox | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 226 | 47 | 150 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 29 | 43 | 9 | 24 | 54 | 29 | 166 | ||
| Diphtheria | 45 | 1 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 44 | |||
| Enteric Fever (with Paratyphoid) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Polio-myelitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 73 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 30 |
| Erysipelas | 31 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 15 | |||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Dysentery | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Cerebrospinal Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||