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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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TABLE SHOWING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE CASES NOTIFIED IN
EACH WARD DURING THE YEAR 1947.
| DISEASE | Total Cases Notified | WARDS | No. of Cases Hospitalised/ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town | Cranham | Emerson Park | Harold Wood | Northwest | Rainham | Thameside | Upminster | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 122 | 37 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 25 |
| Poliomyelitis | 13 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| Pneumonia | 60 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 27 |
| Enteric of Typhoid Fever | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 6 |
| Dysentery | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 627 | 102 | 10 | 29 | 108 | 135 | 122 | 73 | 48 | 21 |
| Whooping Cough | 179 | 37 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 53 | 9 |
| Erysipelas | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| TOTALS | 1,040 | 189 | 29 | 56 | 132 | 213 | 170 | 99 | 152 | 109 |