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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 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.Table showing the number of notified cases of infectious diseases and their disposal.

PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.

Table showing the number of notified cases of infectious diseases and their disposal.

Disease.Notifications Received.Removed to Hospital.
Smallpox......
Diphtheria......
Erysipelas373
Scarlet Fever15159
Pemphigus Neonatorum......
Pulmonary Tuberculosis11848
Tuberculosis, other forms97
Pneumonia241102
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2...
Typhoid Fever......
Paratyphoid Fever22
Puerperal Pyrexia109
Cerebrospinal Meningitis33
Poliomyelitis1817
Polioencephalitis22
Encephalitis Lethargica......
Dysentery44
Measles1,03156
Whooping Cough31618
Malaria......
Totals1,944275