Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE 20.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING THE YEAR 1938, AND HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS.
Disease. | Cases Notified. | Cases Admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 125 | 93 | 1 |
Diphtheria | 39 | 39 | 5 |
Enteric Fever | 4 | 3 | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 13 | 13 | — |
Erysipelas | 29 | 17 | 1 |
Pneumonia | 34 | 25 | 28 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 2 | — |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Dysentery | 9 | 3 | — |
Polioencephalitis | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Poliomyelitis | 3 | 3 | — |
Malaria | 1 | — | |
Total | 265 | 202 | 37 |