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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: CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1949.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1949.

DISEASE.Total.Leyton.Lea Bridge.Central North.Centra] South.Forest.Leytonstone.Grove Green.Harrow GreenCann Hall.Wan-stead Slip.Removed to Hospitals.
Smallpox....................................
Diphtheria....................................
Erysipelas3733257832133
Scarlet Fever1511236111027191198859
Pemphigus Neon.....................................
Pulmonary T.B.11872715111487813848
T.B. Others921...3.........217
Pneumonia24182215567129146146102
Ophthalmia Neon.2...............11............
Typhoid Fever....................................
Paratyphoid Fever2......1...1...............2
Puerperal Pyrexia10...12122...11...9
Cerebrospinal Meningitis31.........2...............3
Poliomyelitis1811127411......17
Polioencephalitis2...1.........1............2
Enc. Lethargica....................................
Dysentery4............3......1......4
Measles10315221848862261737157673356
Whooping Cough.3161542135247452216541018
Malaria....................................
Totals19449935310922341029012011116069275