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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 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: TABLE 11.CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1941.

TABLE 11.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1941.

DISEASE.Total.Leyton.Lea Bridge.Central North.Central South.Forest.Leyton-stone.Grove Green.Harrow Green.Cann Hall.Wan-stead Slip.Removed to Hospitals.
Smallpox....................................
Diphtheria44469834342142
Erysipelas276352441114
Scarlet Fever64312421192711340
Pemphigus Neon.....................................
Pulmonary T.B102712512211810773...
T.B. Others12225111...
Pneumonia7641599236413227
Ophthalmia Neon.31.........1...1.........2
Typhoid Fever3.........1...11.........2
Paratyphoid Fever1...1........................1
Puerperal Pyrexia1332...214......1...8
•Cerebrospinal Meningitis1311......92............13
Poliomyelitis....................................
Enc. Lethargica....................................
Dysentery....................................
Measles46645113473895233622133422
Whooping Cough3362363324167282022221828
Chicken Pox2...2...........................
Totals11629923011111723510478656162189