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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 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: TABLE 11.CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1943.

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....................................
Diphtheria28...73...13353325
Erysipelas44111774421348
Scarlet Fever38619704150552817393136165
Pemphigus Neon....................................
Pulmonary T.B.10113145111769117856
T.B. Others1735232114
Pneumonia1231851512157434446
Ophthalmia Neon.5......1...1......1...2...
Typhoid Fever....................................
Paratyphoid Fever....................................
Puerperal Pyrexia18151225......1115
Cerebrospinal Meningitis2...1............1.........1
Poliomyelitis....................................
Enc. Lethargica....................................
Dysentery8......421.........l...5
Measles4792395699444382924362716
Whooping Cough911242861133426
Totals1302903011441841539768869188347