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Wanstead and Woodford 1961

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

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SECTION F
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES

The following table shows the incidence of infectious disease dining the year, together with the number and percentages of cases admitted to hospital and the number and percentage of deaths.

DiseaseTotal NotifiedRemoved to HospitalPer cent Removed to HospitalDeathsDeaths per cent of cases Notified
Smallpox
Scarlet Fever24417
Diphtheria
Pneumonia16425
Cerebrospinal Fever
Acute Poliomyelitis
Acute Polioencephalitis
Encephalitis Lethargica
Dysentery1003030
Puerperal Pyrexia2525100*
Paratyphoid Fever
Enteric or Typhoid
Fever
Meningococcal Infection
Erysipelas5240
Measles773121.5
Whooping Cough13
Ophthalmia Neonatorum11100*
Food Poisoning6

* These cases all occurred in hospital
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