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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES
(after correction)
| Year | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Erysipelas | Measles | Whooping Cough | Tuberculosis | Dysentery | Puerperal Pyrexia | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Pneumonia | Meningococcal Infection | Acute Poliomyelitis | Acute Polio-encephalitis | Typhoid Fever | Food Poisoning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Other Forms | |||||||||||||||
| 1945 | 62 | 4 | 9 | 210 | 94 | 33 | 9 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 88 | 2 | — | - | — | 3 |
| 1946 | 74 | — | 9 | 212 | 88 | 45 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 103 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 1947 | 69 | — | 10 | 290 | 202 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 5 | — | 114 | 1 | 14 | 2 | — | — |
| 1948 | 78 | — | 13 | 355 | 190 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 78 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — |
| 1949 | 105 | 1 | 17 | 499 | 174 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 83 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 4 |
| 1950 | 62 | 1 | 11 | 267 | 134 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | 29 | 3 | 6 | - | 1 | 7 |