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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
Dagenham 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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| Cages Notified. | Admitted to Isolation Hospital Rush Green | Admitted to Otlier Isol. Hosp. | Admitted to Other Hospitale. | Deaths registered. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 501 | 149 | 42 | _ | 4 |
| Diphtheria | 217 | 206 | 10 | — | 15 |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 11 | — | — | 5 | 7 |
| Pneumonia Primary | 152 | ||||
| Influenzal | 23 | 91 includes secoundry | |||
| Erysipelas | 21 * | — | 8 | — | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 26 | 3 | — | ||
| Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polioencephalitis | 1 | _ | — | 1 | 1 |
| Pemphigus | 10 | — | 6 | 8 | |
| Smallpox | 3 | 3 |
| Under 1 year. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 65 | | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 1 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 128 | 1 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | _ | — | 217 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 10 | 45 | 46 | 288 | 47 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 501 | |
| Enteric Fever | _ | — | — | 1 | __ | 1 | ? | -_ | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6 | ||
| 7 | 1 | _ | _ | - | 8 | ||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | _ | _ | -_ | 7 | 4 | _ | — | 11 | |||||||
| Pneumonia (Primary | 23 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 152 |
| Pneu monia (Influenzal) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | — | 23 | ||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | _ | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | 21 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | — | — | 1 | |||||||||||
| C. S. Meningitis | - | _ | 1 | _ | __ | 1 | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Polioencephalitis | _- | — | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Smallpox | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | - | — |
501 cases of Scarlet Fever is at the rate of 3.05 per 1,000
and the 217 cases of Diphtheria a rate of 1.59 per 1.000- The
rate for children under 15 is for Scarlet Fever 13.7, compare
with 12.2 for England ar.d Wales, whilst for Diphtheria the
corresponding figures were 5.93 and 6 35. The incidence rate
for under 15 then was, in the case of Scarlet Fever,/ 1.1. and
for Diphtheria 0.9 of that obtaining for the country as a whole
The ligurcs of incidcnce of Diphtheria for the last three months
of the year were lower than anticipated and accounts for