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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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AGE GROUPS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS) NOTIFIED IN 1949.
| DISEASE. | At all Ages. | At the Ages Specified – Years. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 5 | 5 – 10 | 10 – 15 | 15 – 25 | 25 – 45 | 45 – 65 | 65 & Over | ||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M | F. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 110 | 101 | – | – | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 74 | 46 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria | – | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Poliomyelitis | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Pneumonia | 31 | 18 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 5 | – | 5 |
| Dysentery | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Infective Hepatitis | 15 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Measles | 862. | 857 | 27 | 20 | 206 | 219 | 243 | 220 | 368 | 382 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough.. | 142 | 149 | 13 | 9 | 37 | 44 | 34 | 43 | 55 | 51 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cerebrospinal Fever | 3 | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| Polio-Encephalitis | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Para-Typhoid | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 1,179 | 1,1(58 | 42 | 31 | 250 | 271 | 293 | 280 | 504 | 486 | 32 | 40 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 19 |