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 1954, and HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
Disease | Cases Notified | Cases Admitted to Hospital | Total Dsaths |
---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 156 | 9 | — |
Diphtheria | — | — | — |
Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | 1 | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 26 | 4 | — |
Pneumonia | 52 | 41 | 25 |
Dysentery | 121 | 3 | — |
Erysipelas | 13 | 1 | — |
Measles | 206 | 5 | — |
Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | — |
Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Poliomyelitis Non-Paralvtic | 2 | 2 | — |
Whooping Cough | 101 | 14 | — |
Infective Hepatitis | 62 | 3 | — |
Food Poisoning | 54 | 5 | — |
Total | 798 | 91 | 28 |