London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Leyton 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

This page requires JavaScript

Table: CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1948.

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....................................
Diphtheria5...3......1......1...•••5
Erysipelas3547...78121323
Scarlet Fever1601725162220881424673
Pemphigus Neon..................................
Pulmonary T.B.1301918513252075810...
T.B. Others14...5......4...1112...
Pneumonia1551316162425267615793
Ophthalmia Neon3........................21...
Typhoid Fever....................................
Paratyphoid Fever1............1...............1
Puerperal Pyrexia101421119
Cerebrospinal Meningitis4......11......1......14
Poliomyelitis1...........................11
Polioencephalitis11...........................1
Enc. Lethargica....................................
Dysentery4...1...12...............3
Measles10881172441191222001214275232533
Whooping Cough62327993156125913533695729
Malaria....................................
Totals2234199422188246413268104136146112255