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Hornchurch 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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CASE RATES FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1951.
Local figures compared with England and Wales and certain towns.
| England and Wales | 120 C.B.s and Great Towns including London. | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Pop. 25,000/50,000 at 1931 Census] | London Admin. County. | Horn-church. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Home Population. | |||||
| Typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | — |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Meningococcal infection | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Scarlet FeVer | 1.11 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.10 | 1.22 |
| Whooping Cough | 3.87 | 3.62 | 4.00 | 3.11 | 4.76 |
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | — |
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.15 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Measles | 14.07 | 13.93 | 14.82 | 14.64 | 19.49 |
| Pneumonia | 0.99 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 0.72 | 0.64 |
| Acute polio-myelitis (in eluding polioencephalitis) Paralytic | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.05 |
| Food poisoning | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.07 |
| Rates per 1.000 total (live and still) births. | |||||
| Puerperal Fever arc Pyrexia | 10.66 | 13.77 | 8.08 | 14.90 | 2.53 |