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 Dagenham]
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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (Other than Tuberculosis)
Under 1 year | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | 25 and over | Total | ||||
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Scarlet Fever | 1 | 19 | 58 | 179 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 290 | |||
Whooping Cough | 38 | 75 | 73 | 109 | 5 | — | 2 | 302 | |||
Acute Poliomyelitis:— | |||||||||||
Paralytic | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||
Non-paralytic | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 3 | |||
Measles | 59 | 348 | 508 | 911 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1,847 | |||
Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Under 5 years | 5-14 | 15-44 | 45-64 | 65 and over | Total | ||||||
Pneumonia:— | |||||||||||
Acute Primary | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 35 | |||||
Acute Influenzal | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||
Dysentery | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | |||||
Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Encephalitis, Acute:— | |||||||||||
Infective | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Post-Infectious | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Erysipelas | — | 1 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 19 | |||||
Meningococcal Infection | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | |||||
Food Poisoning | 5 | 4 | 15 | 1 | — | 25 | |||||
Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | 18 | — | — | 18 | |||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | — | — | — | — | 9 | |||||
Pemphigus | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Malaria (Foreign Origin) | — | — | — | — | — | — |