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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
Chigwell 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]
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Comparative Tables of Infectious Disease Notification and Death Rates per 1,000 of the population in 1950.
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| England & Wales | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns ( Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 cesus) | London Adm. County | Chigwell U.D. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notifications (Corrected) Typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Meningococcal infection | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| Scarlet fever | 1.50 | 1.56 | 1.61 | 1.23 | 1.70 |
| Whooping Cough | 3.60 | 3.97 | 3.15 | 3.21 | 7.13 |
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
| Erysipelas | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.30 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | 0.00 |
| Measles | 8.39 | 8.76 | 8.36 | 6.57 | 3.12 |
| Pneumonia | 0.70 | 0.77 | 0.61 | 0.50 | 0.43 |
| Acute poliomyelitis (in cluding polioencephalitis) Paralytic | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.25 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| Food poisoning | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.25 | 0.51 |
| Deaths. | |||||
| Typhoid and paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Whooping cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.36 | 0.42 | 0.33 | 0.39 | 0.29 |
| Influenza | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.12 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | |
| Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Pneumonia | 0.46 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.22 |