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 Chigwell]
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SECTION F
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
Number of Cases | Admission to Hospitals | Deaths | |
---|---|---|---|
Acute Poliomyelitis | 11 | 11 | - |
Acute Primary Pneumonia (Non-Paralytic) | a 13 | 4 | - |
Dysentery | 48 | 5 | - |
Erysipelas | 3 | - | - |
Food Poisoning | 4 | 1 | - |
Malaria | 1 | 1 | - |
Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | - |
Measles | 33 | 4 | - |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | - |
Scarlet Fever | 66 | 5 | - |
Tuberculosis— | |||
Respiratory | 44 | 19 | 6 |
Meninges and C.N.S. | 1 | 1 | - |
Other | 3 | 1 | - |
Whooping Cough | 64 | 1 | - |
293 | 55 | 6 |