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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 1952
[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 1952.
| DISEASE | Total Cases Notified | WARDS | No. of Cases Hospitalised | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town | Craaham | Elm Park | Emerson Park | Harold Wood | Northwest | Rainham | Thameside | Upminster | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 245 | 53 | 1 | 57 | 42 | 21 | 25 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 28 |
| Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Non-Paralytic | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 35 | 7 | — | 10 | 3 | 2 | 7 | — | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Infective Hepatitis | 18 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Measles | 1,186 | 200 | 17 | 262 | 96 | 164 | 65 | 28 | 248 | 106 | 8 |
| Whooping Cough | 510 | 114 | — | 110 | 59 | 49 | 67 | 18 | 56 | 37 | 10 |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 4 |
| Malaria (contracted abroad) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 15 | 4 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| TOTALS | 2,025 | 379 | 20 | 444 | 205 | 240 | 175 | 64 | 334 | 164 | 70 |