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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 1938
[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 | 05 and Over | Total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | ||||
| Diphtheria | — | 30 | 68 | 19 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 124 | ||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 47 | ||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | ||||
| Pneumonia Acute Primary | 6 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 79 | ||||
| Influenzal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Poliomyelitis Acute | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | 3 | 13 | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | 27 | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 80 | 124 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 5 | — | — | — | 275 | ||||
| Food Poisoning | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | ||||
| Pemphigus | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | ||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Dysentery (Sonne) | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||||
| Polioencephalitis Acute | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Notified. | Admitted to Isolation Hospital, Rush Green. | Admitted to other Isolation Hospitals. | Admitted to other Hospitals | Deaths Registered. | ||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 124 | 123 | — | 1 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 275 | 244 | — | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 27 | 13 | — | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Pneumonia (Primary) | 79 | 30 | — | 15 | 83 | |||||||||||
| (Influenzal) | 16 | 5 | — | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 47 | 32 | — | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Food Poisoning | 4 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||||||||||
| Poliomyelitis Acute | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Pemphigus | 10 | 4 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 5 | 5 | — | — | 1 | |||||||||||
| Polioencephalitis Acute | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Dysentery (Sonne) | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | |||||||||||