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 21
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING
YEAR 1952. and HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
Disease | Cases Notified. | Cases Admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths |
---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 388 | 28 | — |
Diphtheria | — | — | — |
Enteric Fever | — | - | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 9 | 1 | — |
Pneumonia | 40 | 23 | 31 |
Dysentery | 10 | 1 | — |
Encephalitis—Post Infectious | 3 | 1 | - |
Erysipelas | 17 | 1 | — |
Malaria contracted abroad | 1 | - | — |
Measles | 1.364 | 7 | — |
Meningococcal Infection | 7 | 7 | 1 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 1 | — |
Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 11 | 11 | — |
Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic | 9 | 8 | — |
Whooping Cough | 379 | 8 | - |
Infective Hepatitis | 22 | 4 | - |
Food Poisoning | 42 | 4 | — |
Total | 2,304 | 104 | 32 |