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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 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

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Table: PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (other than Tuberculosis).

PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (other than Tuberculosis).

Under 1 year.23451015202535455565Total.
Diphtheria24710134120331————104
Scarlet Fever—14182634170827292———364
Puerperal Fever——_——————32———5
Puerperal Pyrexia————————265———13
Pneumonia (Primary)1014543108647836391
„ (Influenzal)———1—2323111—115
Erysipelas11—1——32—5103——26
Smallpox———————1——1———2
Typhoid Fever—————11———————2
Food Poisoning—————114—453——18
Cerebro-Spinal Fever———1—1————————2
Enceph. Lethargica———————————————
Poliomyelitis—2——21————————5
Polioencephalitis—————1————————1
Continued Fever——————1———————1
Cases Notified.Admitted to Isolation Hospital, Rush GreenAdmitted to otherIaol. Hosp.Admitted to other HospitalsDeaths Registered.
Diphtheria104992—3
Scarlet Fever364304——2
Puerperal Fever5———2
Puerperal Pyrexia13-——3
Pneumonia (Primary)91-——63
„ (Influenzal)152—6
Erysipelas262—61
Smallpox2—2——
Typhoid Fever21—1-
Food Poisoning18————
Cerebro-Spinal Fever"21——1
Encephalitis Lethargica-———1
poliomyelitis51—2—
Polioencephalitis1——1—
Continued Fever1————
Pemphigus191—1-
Ophthalmia Neonatorum131—2—

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Diphtheria.
The incidence of diphtheria during 1932 was very low, the
unmber of notifications received being only 104 per thousand
population. This is an incidence rate of 1.10, compared with 2.28