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 Chingford]
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Notifiable Diseases.
Diseases. | Total cases Notified. | Cases admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths, |
---|---|---|---|
Diphtheria | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Scarlet Fever | 19 | 11 | 0 |
Enteric Fever | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Small Pox | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Erysipelas | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Pneumonia | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Malaria | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Analysis of Notifiable Diseases and Deaths therefrom Tabulated according to age.
Under 1 year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-19 | 20-34 | 35-44 | 45.64 | 65 &. over. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diphtheria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Scarlet Fever | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Enteric Fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | O | O | 0 | 0 |
Small Pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | O | O | 0 | 0 |
Erysipelas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Pneumonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | O | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Malaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Six deaths occurred among notifiable diseases, they were confined to Pneumonia and occurred under the following age groups:— 45-64, 4; 65 and over, 2.
Tuberculosis.
Age Periods. | NEW CASES | DEATHS. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary, | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonarv. | |||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 to 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 to 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 to 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 to 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 to 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 to 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
35 to 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
45 to 54 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
55 to 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
65 and upwards | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All cases of Tuberculosis resulting in death had been previously
notified.