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 11.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1943.
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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria | 28 | ... | 7 | 3 | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
Erysipelas | 44 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
Scarlet Fever | 386 | 19 | 70 | 41 | 50 | 55 | 28 | 17 | 39 | 31 | 36 | 165 |
Pemphigus Neon | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Pulmonary T.B. | 101 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 56 |
T.B. Others | 17 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
Pneumonia | 123 | 18 | 51 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 46 |
Ophthalmia Neon. | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... |
Typhoid Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Paratyphoid Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 15 |
Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enc. Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Dysentery | 8 | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | l | ... | 5 |
Measles | 479 | 23 | 95 | 69 | 94 | 44 | 38 | 29 | 24 | 36 | 27 | 16 |
Whooping Cough | 91 | 12 | 42 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Totals | 1302 | 90 | 301 | 144 | 184 | 153 | 97 | 68 | 86 | 91 | 88 | 347 |