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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
West Ham 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Infectious Diseases.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (Other than T.B.).
The following table shows the number of cases of notifiable diseases occurring during the year 1931, together with the number removed to hospitals and the total number of deaths from each disease.
| Diseases. | Cases Notified. | Removed to Hospital | Total Deatns. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 786 | 786 | ... |
| Diphtheria. | 363 | 356 | 11 |
| Scarlet Fever | 664 | 551 | 5 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 14 | 11 | 7 |
| Pneumonia | 580 | 197 | 303x |
| (Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal only notifiable) | |||
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 3 | 3 | 9* |
| Acute Polio Myelitis | 4 | 3 | |
| Acute Polio Encephalitis | |||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | |||
| Erysipelas | 197 | 73 | 13 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 28 | 19 | |
| Malaria | |||
| Continued Fever | 1 | ||
| Dysentery | |||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 64 | 37 | |
* Includes unnotified cases, x Includes all forms.
Table indicating deaths during the past seven years from:—
| Year | Scarlet | Fever Whooping Cough | Measles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 6 | 81 | 32 | |
| 1926 | 7 | 20 | 78 | |
| 1927 | 7 | 73 | 6 | |
| 1928 | 5 | 26 | 69 | |
| 1929 | 6 | 114 | 22 | |
| 1930 | 4 | 19 | 78 | |
| 1931 | 5 | 35 | 3 | |
| 40 | 368 | 288 | ||
Scarlet Fever (Return Cases).
Cases occurring within the margin of one month from
the discharge of a case from Hospital to the same house were
regarded as "Return Cases." Of 551 admitted to Hospital 10,
or 1.8 per cent., were associated with recurrent infections in
this way, (see also report of Medical Superintendent of Plaistow
Fever Hospital—pages 97—107).