London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wanstead and Woodford 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
This page requires JavaScript
SECTION F
The following table shows the incidence of infectious disease during the year, together with the number and percentages of cases admitted to hospital and the number and percentage of deaths.
| Disease | Total Notified | Removed to Hospital | Per cent Removed to Hospital | Deaths | Deaths per cent of cases Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 18 | 2 | 11 | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 6 | 1 | 16.6 | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | 2 | 100 | — | — |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 37 | 6 | 16 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 27 | 27 | 100° | — | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | 1 | 100 | — | |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 10 | - | - | — | — |
| Measles | 35 | 2 | 6 | — | - |
| Whooping Cough | 62 | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 12 | — | — | — | — |
| *These cases all occurred in hospital | |||||