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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (other than Tuberculosis)
| Under 1 year | 1/5 | 5/10 | 10/15 | 15/20 | 20/25 | 25/35 | 35/45 | 45/55 | 55/65 | 65 & over | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 32 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | 108 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | .— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | —_ | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 36 12 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Pneumonia Acute Primary | 5 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 1 | — | — | 62 74 |
| ,, Influenzal | — | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Poliomyelitis Acute | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 2 |
| Puerperal Sepsis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| ,, Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 10 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 141 | 270 | 109 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 9 | — | — | — | 574 |
| Smallpox | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Food Poisoning | — | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 3 | — | — | 53 |
| Pemphigus | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| Cases Notified. | Admitted to Isolation Hospital, Rush Green | Admitted to other Isol. Hosp. | Admitted to other Hospitals. | Deaths Registered. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 108 | 108 | _ | — | 11 |
| Scarlet Fever | 574 | 353 | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia (Primary) | 62 | 1 | — | — | 45 |
| „ (Influenzal) | 74 | 26 | — | — | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 36 | 8 | — | 11 | — |
| Smallpox | 6 | — | 6 | — | — |
| Typhoid Fever | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 53 | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Pemphigus | 9 | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 12 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 |
Diphtheria.
The incidence of diphtheria during 1933 was very low, the
number of notifications received being only 108. Per 1,000
population, this is a rate of 1.13 or a rate per 1,000 under 15 of