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 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | ... | 3 | 1 | 20 |
Erysipelas | 27 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 5 |
Scarlet Fever | 110 | 4 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 44 |
Pemphigus Neon. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Pulmonary T.B. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
T.B. Others | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Pneumonia | 67 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 30 |
Ophthalmia Neon. | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 5 |
Typhoid Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Paratyphoid Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 7 |
Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 2 | ... | . 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enc. Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Dysentery | 24 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Measles | 136 | 23 | 39 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 8 |
Whooping Cough | 198 | 18 | 51 | 37 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 24 |
Totals | 603 | 56 | 156 | 68 | 61 | 88 | 41 | 13 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 152 |