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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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TABLE XI
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | C | 7 | 8 | Number of 1 Houses | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sc. F. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1321 | ||||
| D. | 3 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | Sc. F. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 990 | ||
| D. | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Sc. F. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 990 | ||
| D. | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| 4 | Sc. F. | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1055 | ||
| D. | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 6 | Sc. F. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 994 | ||
| D. | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| 6A | Sc. F. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 590 | |||||
| D. | i | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | Sc. F. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1005 |
| D. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 8 | Sc. F. | 7 | 1 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 10 | 2230 | ||
| D. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 1 | ||
| 0 | Sc. F. | 4 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 1630 | |||
| D. | | | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| 10 | Sc. F. | 1 1 | 3 | — | 4 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2089 |
| D | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | ||||
| 11 | Sc. F. | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1800 | |||
| D. | | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | 3 1 | 2 | ||||
As an explanation of the excessive number of eases of infectious
diseases in this district, the first suggestion is the large Number of
children; giving a large population of susceptibles who, on tie
introduction of infection, immediately succumb. Each case, being
in contact with a larger number of susceptibles than is usual, rcsult
in an extensive outbreak. Further consideration, however, rules