London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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| DISEASE | Number notified during Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 156 | 50 | 44 | 29 |
| Erysipelas | 10 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| Whooping Cough | 29 | 42 | 20 | 34 |
| Measles | 894 | 215 | 1195 | 281 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis - Paralytic | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| - Non-paralytic | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis - Respiratory | 46 | 40 | 32 | 35 |
| - Meninges and C.N.S. | - | 1 | - | - |
| - Other | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Meningococcal infection | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Acute Encephalitis, Inf. | 2 | - | - | - |
| Post-inf. | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 88 | 31 | 60 | 97 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | 3 | - | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 11 | - | - |
| Paratyphoid | 1 | - | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 38 | 11 | 20 | 22 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 167 | 47 | 59 | 35 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - |
| 1439 | 451 | 1447 | 553 | |