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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
Romford 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE 17.
DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, DIVIDED INTO AGE GROUPS.
| Disease. | Under 1 | 12 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15 20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | Over 65 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 51 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 99 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 3 | — | — | 9 |
| Pneumonia | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | — | 6 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 69 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | 1 | 1 | I | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Measles ... | 15 | 50 | 53 | 60 | 69 | 224 | 10 | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | 488 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Poliomyelitis | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 39 | 35 | 41 | 41 | 47 | 119 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 327 |
| Infective Hepatitis | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Total | 74 | 103 | 108 | 109 | 128 | 403 | 26 | 9 | 33 | 10 | 22 | 6 | 1,031 |