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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: TABLE 21NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING YEAR 1950, and HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS

TABLE 21

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING YEAR 1950, and HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS

DiseaseCases Notified.Cases Admitted to HospitalTotal Deaths
Scarlet Fever17423-
Diphtheria11-
Enteric Fever11-
Puerperal Pyrexia105-
Pneumonia612727
Dysentery955-
Erysipelas9--
Malaria contracted abroad11-
Measles72012-
Meningococcal Infection76-
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2--
Poliomyelitis Paralytic10101
Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic1510-
Whooping Cough35714-
Infective Hepatitis2421
Pood Poisoning8--
Total1,49111729