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Hornchurch 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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CASE RATES FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE YEAR 1950.
Local figures compared with England and Wales and certain towns.
| England and Wales | 126 C.B.s and Great Towns (including London.) | 148 Smaller Towns Resident Pop. 25,000-50,000 at 1931 Census.) | London Admin. Hornchurch. County. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Rates per 1,000 Home Population.) | |||||
| Typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Meningococcal Infec tion | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet fever | 1.50 | 1.56 | 1.61 | 1.23 | 1.76 |
| Whooping cough | 3.60 | 3.97 | 3.15 | 3.21 | 4.93 |
| Diphtheria | . 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | _ |
| Erysipelas | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.19 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | _ | _ | _ |
| Measles | 8.39 | 8.76 | 8.36 | 6.57 | 5.52 |
| Pneumonia | 0.70 | 0.77 | 0.61 | 0.50 | 0.48 |
| Acute poliomyeliti (including polio-encephalitis) Paralytic | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.11 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| Food poisoning | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.25 | 0.01 |
| Rates per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | |||||
| Puerperal fever and pyrexia | 5.81 | 7.43 | 4.33 | 6.03 | 1.32 |
SECTION B.
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE
AREA.
Local Health Authority.
As a result of my temporarily acting as assistant to the Area
Medical Officer it has been possible to effect a much closer integration
of service between the local Sanitary Authority and the work of
the South Essex Health Area Sub-Committee. Although Hornchurch
as an authority is not directly concerned with the discharge
of local Health Authority functions it is nevertheless in my view of
inestimable value that at officer as well as member level it should
be kept in constant touch with the planning, execution and development
of such functions as are exercised on behalf of the local
Health Authority by their Area Sub-Committee, and to this end