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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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1948.
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 | 5 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ••• | 5 |
Erysipelas | 35 | 4 | 7 | ... | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Scarlet Fever | 160 | 17 | 25 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 6 | |
Pemphigus Neon. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Pulmonary T.B. | 130 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 | ... |
T.B. Others | 14 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... |
Pneumonia | 155 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 93 |
Ophthalmia Neon | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... |
Typhoid Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Polioencephalitis | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Enc. Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Dysentery | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
Measles | 1088 | 117 | 244 | 119 | 122 | 200 | 121 | 42 | 75 | 23 | 25 | 33 |
Whooping Cough | 623 | 27 | 99 | 31 | 56 | 125 | 91 | 35 | 33 | 69 | 57 | 29 |
Malaria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Totals | 2234 | 199 | 422 | 188 | 246 | 413 | 268 | 104 | 136 | 146 | 112 | 255 |