London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Chingford 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES
| Year | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Erysipelas | Measles | Whooping Cough | Tuberculosis | Dysentery | Encephalitis Lethargica | Puerperal Fever | Puerperal Pyrexia | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Pneumonia | Cerebro-Spinal Fever | Enteric Fever | Acute Poliomyelitis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Other Forms | |||||||||||||||
| 1935 | 59 | 18 | 4 | - | — | 34 | 7 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 1936 | 53 | 12 | 7 | — | 40 | 7 | 3 | — | 2 | 11 | 1 | 17 | - | 4 | — | |
| 1937 | 61 | 21 | 10 | — | 51 | 6 | 4 | - | — | 7 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 11 | 3 | |
| 1938 | 66 | 7 | 7 | — | — | 38 | 5 | 11 | — | — | 10 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 2 | - |
| 1939 | 144 | 26 | 10 | 3 | — | 53 | 17 | 1 | - | — | 8 | - | 28 | 1 | — | - |
| 1940 | 47 | 6 | 14 | 30 | 1 | 56 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 44 | 4 | 2 | — |