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 22
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING
YEAR 1951, and HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
Disease | Cases Notified. | Cases Admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths |
---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 100 | 14 | — |
Diphtheria | - | — | — |
Enteric Fever | 3 | 1 | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 11 | 6 | — |
Pneumonia | 69 | 42 | 33 |
Dysentery | 37 | 21 | — |
Erysipelas | 14 | 1 | — |
Malaria contracted abroad | 1 | 1 | — |
Measles | 1,290 | 45 | 1 |
Meningococcal Infection | 7 | 3 | 1 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — |
Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 6 | 6 | 1 |
Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic | 6 | 6 | — |
Whooping Cough | 520 | 23 | — |
Infective Hepatitis | 26 | 3 | — |
Food Poisoning | 29 | 1 | — |
Total | 2,119 | 173 | 36 |