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 1952
[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 Polioencephalitis | Typhoid or Paratyphoid Fever | Food Poisoning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Other Forms | |||||||||||||||
| 1947 | 69 | — | 10 | 290 | 202 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 5 | — | 114 | 1 | 14 | 2 | — | — |
| 1948 | 70 | — | 13 | 355 | 190 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — |
| 1949 | 105 | 1 | 17 | 499 | 174 | 34 | l | 3 | 4 | 1 | 03 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 4 |
| 1950 | 62 | 1 | 11 | 267 | 134 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | 29 | 3 | 6 | — | 1 | 7 |
| 1951 | 01 | — | 0 | 940 | 463 | 44 | 6 | 39 | 1 | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| 1952 | 101 | — | 6 | 093 | 66 | 30 | 4 | 10 | 1 | — | 24 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 4 |
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