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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 1950
[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 1950.
| DISEASE | Total Cases Notified | WARDS | No. of Cases Hospitalised | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town | Cranham | Emerson Park | Harold Wood | Northwest | Rainham | Thameside | Upminster | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 183 | 53 | 8 | 30 | 15 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 29 |
| Poliomyelitis | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| Pneumonia | 49 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Infective Hepatitis | 53 | 11 | — | 5 | — | 11 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Measles | 573 | 104 | 46 | 81 | 36 | 96 | 111 | 42 | 57 | 7 |
| Whooping Cough | 512 | 116 | 20 | 62 | 30 | 104 | 54 | 62 | 64 | 6 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Ophathalmia Neonatorum | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Malaria (Contracted abroad) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| TOTALS | 1,399 | 296 | 77 | 188 | 86 | 268 | 212 | 131 | 141 | 96 |