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 East Ham]
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TABLE 15. P revalence of and C ontrol over I nfectious D isease.— N otified C ases for the 52 W eeks ending 29 th D ecember, 1934.
Disease. | Cases notified in whole district. | Ward distribution of Cases. | No. of Cases removed to hospital. | Total deaths in Borough. | ||||||||||||||||||
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At all ages—years | Manor Park. | Little Ilford. | Wood-grange. | Plashet. | Kensington. | Castle. | Central. | Wall End. | Great-field. | South. | ||||||||||||
At all ages | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and up. | |||||||||||||
Smallpox | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Scarlet Fever | 979 | 5 | 206 | 393 | 233 | 46 | 68 | 20 | 8 | — | 100 | 56 | 54 | 80 | 46 | 143 | 91 | 101 | 170 | 138 | 805 | 5 |
Diphtheria | 379 | 5 | 88 | 156 | 78 | 16 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 56 | 46 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 36 | 39 | 40 | 76 | 375 | 45 |
Erysipelas | 74 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 6 |
Puerperal Fever | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 11 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | — |
Pneumonia | 100 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 13 | — | 14 | 52 | 93 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | 5 | — |
Meningococcal Meningitis | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 5 |
Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Acute Polio Encephalitis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Acute Polio Myelitis | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Dysentery | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |