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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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TABLE SHOWING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE CASES NOTIFIED IN
EACH WARD DURING THE YEAR 1949.
| DISEASE | Total Cases Notified | WARDS | No. of Cases Hospitalised | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town | Cranham | Emerson Park | Harold Wood | Northwest | Rainham | Thameside | Upminster | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 211 | 60 | 9 | 23 | 10 | 31 | 26 | 15 | 37 | 41 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 3 |
| Poliomyelitis | 9 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | – | – | 9 |
| Pneumonia | 49 | 5 | ' – | 4 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 |
| Polio-Encephalitis | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 17 | 3 | _ | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Infective Hepatitis | 27 | 6 | – | – | – | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Measles | 1,719 | 381 | 31 | 191 | 261 | 234 | 193 | 279 | 149 | 15 |
| Whooping Cough | 291 | 65 | 2 | 35 | 30 | 47 | 44 | 57 | 11 | 6 |
| Paratyphoid | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 7 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | – | 1 | 7 |
| Food Poisoning | 5 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 2 |
| TOTALS | 2,347 | 524 | 43 | 255 | 304 | 363 | 279 | 357 | 222 | 101 |