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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE 19.
DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, DIVIDED INTO AGE GROUPS.
| Disease | Under 1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15 20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | Over 65 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | - | 3 | 9 | 21 | 24 | 96 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 174 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | 10 |
| Pneumonia | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 61 |
| Dysentery | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | - | 95 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 6 | - | 9 |
| Malaria contracted abroad | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Measles | 22 | 73 | 87 | 97 | 96 | 337 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 720 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 10 |
| Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| Whooping Cough | 32 | 36 | 60 | 58 | 51 | 115 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 357 |
| Infective Hepatitis | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| Food Poisoning | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | 8 |
| Total | 80 | 127 | 172 | 187 | 185 | 597 | 36 | 14 | 44 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 1,491 |