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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 1948
[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 1948.
| DISEASE | Total Cases Notified | WARDS | No. of Cases Hospitalised | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town | Cranham | Emerson Park | Harold Wood | Northwest | Rainham | Thameside | Upminster | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 116 | 36 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 20 |
| Dysentery | 121 | 86 | – | 24 | – | 9 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis | 9 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 9 |
| Pneumonia | 36 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Erysipelas | 28 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 4 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| Measles | 585 | 109 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 134 | 125 | 86 | 98 | 10 |
| Whooping Cough | 307 | 57 | 5 | 28 | 14 | 75 | 55 | 17 | 56 | 8 |
| Infective Hepatitis | 9 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | 1 |
| TOTALS | 1,213 | 303 | 18 | 83 | 47 | 245 | 202 | 121 | 194 | 66 |