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 23. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING YEAR 1958, and HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
Disease | Cases Notified | Cases Admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths |
---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 240 | 7 | — |
Diphtheria | - | - | - |
Enteric Fever | - | - | - |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 1 | - |
Pneumonia | 38 | 23 | 43 |
Dysentery | 17 | 5 | - |
Encephalitis—Acute Infective | - | - | - |
Erysipelas | 9 | 1 | - |
Malaria contracted abroad | 1 | 1 | — |
Measles | 476 | 5 | - |
Meningococcal Infection | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - |
Poliomyelitis Paralytic | - | - | - |
Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic | 3 | 3 | - |
Whooping Cough | 33 | 3 | - |
Infective Hepatitis | 20 | - | - |
Food Poisoning | 23 | 3 | — |
Total | 866 | 55 | 45 |