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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE 21
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 | 35-46 | 45-65 | Over 65 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | — | 2 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 101 | 17 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 149 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | _- |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | 3 | — | - | — | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 6 | — | 8 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 67 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 7 |
| Encephalitis—Acute Infective | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| Malaria contracted abroad | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | — | — | — | - | - |
| Measles | 88 | 269 | 288 | 337 | 382 | 1,419 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | _ | '21,807 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | _ | — | — | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | 1 | ||||
| Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 13 |
| Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | — | 20 | |
| Whooping Cough | 17 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 72 | 2 | — | 2 | - | — | — | 179 |
| Infective Hepatitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | 28 |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 52 |
| Total | 119 | 396 | 320 | 376 | 422 | 1,638 | 62 | 12 | 39 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 3.342 |