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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

Wanstead and Woodford 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]

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Notifications: England & Borough of
Wales Wanstead & Woodford
Typhoid Fever 0.00 —
Paratyphoid Fever 0.01 0.02
Meningococcal Infection 0.03 —
Scarlet Fever 0.74 0.34
Whooping Cough 2.07 0.95
Diphtheria 0.00 0.02
Erysipelas 0.10 0.08
Smallpox — —
Measles 3.59 2.56
Pneumonia 0.57 0.25
Acute Poliomyelitis (including
Polioencephalitis):
Paralytic 0.04 —
Non-Paralytic 0.03 0.02
Food Poisoning 0.25 0.60
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still)
Puerperal Fever & Pyrexia 16.31 34.90
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