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Hornchurch 1951
[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 1951.
| DISEASE | Total Cases Notified | WARDS | No. of Cases Hospitalised | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town | Cranham | Emerson Park | Harold Wood | Northwest | Rainham | Thameside | Upminster | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 127 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 17 |
| Poliomyelitis | 8* | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Pneumonia | 67 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Dysentery | 13 | 9 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Infective Hepatitis | 37 | 16 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Measles | 2,023 | 563 | 21 | 202 | 208 | 385 | 186 | 321 | 137 | 11 |
| Whooping Cough | 495 | 60 | 15 | 58 | 78 | 92 | 109 | 44 | 39 | 15 |
| Food Poisoning | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Ophathalmia Neonatorum | 3 | — | _ | _ | — | 3 | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| TOTALS | 2,788 | 681 | 41 | 282 | 297 | 526 | 334 | 411 | 216 | 88 |
* 2 Paralytic.