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 17. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (.OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING THE YEAR 1947, AND HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS.
Disease. | Cases Notified. | Cases Admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 118 | 35 | — |
Diphtheria | 4 | 4 | — |
Enteric Fever | 3 | 3 | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 43' | 43 | — |
Pneumonia | 101 | 26 | 28 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 6 | 6 | — |
Dysentery | 3 | 3 | — |
Erysipelas | 26 | 9 | — |
Malaria | 3 | 1 | — |
Measles | 575 | 13 | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | — |
Poliomyelitis | 8 | 8 | 2 |
Whooping Cough | 194 | 9 | 2 |
Infective Hepatitis | 33 | 4 | 1 |
Total | 1,118 | 164 | 33 |