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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
Leyton 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TABLE 3.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1939.
| DISEASE. | Total. | Leyton. | Lea Bridge. | Central North. | Centra] South. | Forest. | Leyton-stone. | Grove Green. | Harrow Green. | Cann Hall. | Wan-stead Slip. | Removed to Hospitals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 148 | 7 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 12 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 146 |
| Erysipelas | 45 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| Scarlet Fever | 233 | 25 | 47 | 23 | 26 | 37 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 159 |
| Pemphigus Neon. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pulmonary T.B. | 98 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 6 | — |
| T.B. Others | 9 | o | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 83 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 50 |
| Ophthalmia Neon. | 6 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 3 | 1 | I | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Enc. Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 10 | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 6 |
| Measles | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | . — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Totals | 665 | 48 | 128 | 51 | 55 | 126 | 58 | 77 | 50 | 34 | 38 | 381 |