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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 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: TABLE 11.CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1947.

TABLE 11.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1947.

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....................................
Diphtheria93.........2.........139
Erysipelas344114424113...2
Scarlet Fever2211428162443131541121594
Pemphigus Neon.5...12...1...1............
Pulmonary T.B.8911117161258865...
T.B. Others91.........21221......
Pneumonia1921533232445111011128122
Ophthalmia Neon.8...32111............8
Typhoid Fever....................................
Paratyphoid Fever3...11...1...............3
Puerperal Pyrexia2014...281211...20
Cerebrospinal Meningitis4...211..................3
Poliomyelitis1311...131221112
Polioencephalitis1............1..................
Enc. Lethargica....................................
Dysentery2...1..................1...2
Measles698306250608914310268494527
Whooping Cough17820401110322119910611
Malaria....................................
Totals14861001981171432422011621439783314