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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 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1951.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1951.

DISEASE.Total.Leyton.Lea Bridge.Central North.Central South.Forest.Leyton-etone.Grove Green.Harrow Green.Cann Hall.Wan-stead Slip.Removed to Hospitals.
Smallpox....................................
Diphtheria1...............1............1
Erysipelas5213318612513...5
Scarlet Fever1661718102532151016111235
Pemphigus Neon....................................
Tuberculosis Pulmonary10091288151471110633
Tuberculosis other forms14...31...4211...212
Pneumonia372631218012671211132119
Ophthalmia Neon....................................
Typhoid Fever1............1...............1
Paratyphoid Fever2............2...............2
Puerperal Pyrexia16...21182...2......15
Meningococcal Infection3............2......1......3
Poliomyelitis Paralytic....................................
Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic....................................
Acute Encephalitis Infective....................................
Aoute Encephalitis post infectious....................................
Measles15401342821581501341657712816314929
Whooping Cough59336854041178862633224612
Dysentery56241...1554861116
Food Poisoning5718...11343871217
Totals2973206448243324536377154220225240300