Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TABLE II.
Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1925.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality— Wards. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||
Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Leyton. | Lea Bridge. | Central North. | Central South. | Forest. | Leytonstone | Grove Green. | Harrow Green. | Cann Hall. | Wanstead Slip. | |||
Small pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera—Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
*Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 291 | 2 | 53 | 161 | 36 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 42 | 32 | 27 | 25 | 20 | 27 | 39 | 12 | 22 | 255 |
Erysipelas | 39 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
†Scarlet Fever | 208 | 1 | 42 | 134 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 159 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Relapsing Fever—Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | I | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 |
Cerebral-spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 7 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 181 | .. | 2 | 15 | 51 | 84 | 24 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 13 | 16 | 27 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 89 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 50 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 5 | .. | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Pneumonia | 74 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 43 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 868 | 18 | 115 | 345 | 133 | 170 | 65 | 22 | 77 | 147 | 85 | 73 | 116 | 68 | 89 | 99 | 54 | 60 | 576 |