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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 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: TABLE 12.CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1944.

TABLE 12.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1944.

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....................................
Diphtheria241232732...3120
Erysipelas27451355......4...5
Scarlet Fever1104261088847181744
Pemphigus Neon.....................................
Pulmonary T.B.....................................
T.B. Others....................................
Pneumonia6742618113134630
Ophthalmia Neon.5.....................4...15
Typhoid Fever....................................
Paratyphoid Fever....................................
Puerperal Pyrexia1011...34...1.........7
Cerebrospinal Meningitis2.... 1.....................12
Poliomyelitis....................................
Enc. Lethargica....................................
Dysentery24153281...1127
Measles136233913101511328128
Whooping Cough1981851372530102212224
Totals603561566861884113384042152