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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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Scarlet Fever.
161 cases were notified, and of these 101 were
admitted to hospital. The disease still shows a very low
level of virulence, complications are rare and no deaths
occurred.
The tendency to treat Scarlet Fever at home is becoming
widespread, and there is evidence to support the
contention that domiciliary treatment of this disease contributes
to the lowering of the virulence, the explanation
be.ing that a large section of the population receives "subclinical"
infections which stimulate the production of
anti-bodies.
Tuberculosis.
| Primary Notification. | Brought to notice other than by Form A | Deaths. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | NonPulmonary | Pulmonary | NonPulmonary | Pulmonary | NonPulmonary | |||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||
| Under 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||
| 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | - | — | 1 | ||
| 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | |||||||
| 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 4 | 1 | - | — | — | — | ||
| 15 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | ||
| 20 | 7 | 7 | 1 | — | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | ||
| 25 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | — | - | 13 | 6 | — | — | ||
| 35 | l 9 | 8 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | - | 8 | 7 | 1 | — | ||
| 45 | 14 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | - | 13 | 3 | — | — | ||
| 55 | - | 2 | - | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||
| 65 and upwards | - | — | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | — | - | ||
| 75 | 55 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 43 | 24 | 1 | 2 | |||
Register.
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | |
| No. on register 1st Jan., 1941 | 376 | 265 | 131 | 124 |
| During the year :— | ||||
| New Notifications | 75 | 55 | 8 | 10 |
| Deaths | 43 | 2 ^ | 2 | 2 |
| Transfers into area | 31 | 22 | 10 | 5 |
| Transfers out of area | 16 | 25 | 7 | 6 |
| 393 | 293 | 140 | 131 | |