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 1945, AND HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS.
Disease. | Cases Notified. | Cases Admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 95 | 34 | - |
Diphtheria | 9 | 9 | 2 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 27 | 7 | - |
Erysipelas | 21 | 2 | - |
Pneumonia | 44 | 16 | 45 |
Infective Hepatitis | 14 | 2 | - |
Poliomyelitis | 3 | 1 | - |
Dysentery | 15 | - | - |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 10 | 6 | - |
Measles | 876 | 6 | - |
Whooping Cough | 74 | 2 | - |
Malaria | 15 | 2 | - |
Enteric Fever | 2 | 2 | - |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 1,206 | 90 | 48 |