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 1957, and HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
Disease | Cases Notified | Cases Admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths |
---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 151 | 4 | — |
Diphtheria | — | — | — |
Enteric Fever | — | — | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 | 1 | — |
Pneumonia | 43 | 18 | 42 |
Dysentery | 24 | 1 | — |
Encephalitis—Acute Infective | — | — | — |
Erysipelas | 14 | — | — |
Malaria contracted abroad | 1 | — | — |
Measles | 1880 | 19 | — |
Meningococcal Infection | 5 | 3 | — |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — |
Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 1 | 1 | — |
Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic | 5 | 5 | — |
Whooping Cough | 131 | 6 | — |
Infective Hepatitis | 18 | 4 | — |
Food Poisoning | 28 | 5 | — |
Total | 2308 | 67 | 42 |