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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
Leyton 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TABLE 9 a.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1937.
| DISEASE. | Total. | Leyton. | Lea Bridge. | Central North. | Central South. | Forest. | Leyton-stone. | Grove Green. | Harrow Green. | Cann Hall. | Wan-stead Slip. | Removed to Hospitals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 161 | 10 | 29 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 153 |
| Erysipelas | 71 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 27 |
| Scarlet Fever | 309 | 36 | 40 | 31 | 38 | 28 | 27 | 47 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 224 |
| Pemphigus Neon. | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Pulmonary T.B. | 110 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 7 | — |
| T.B. Others | 21 | 2 | — | 3 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Pneumonia | 122 | 16 | 34 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 61 |
| Ophthalmia Neon. | 5 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Enteric Fever | 17 | — | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 15 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | •— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 10 |
| Enc. Lethargica | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | 35 | — | 7 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals | 878 | 77 | 160 | 80 | 96 | 109 | 90 | 85 | 75 | 56 | 50 | 508 |