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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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In view of the limited hospital accommodation, and
after consultation with the patient's doctor, it was decided
that a case of Scarlet Fever should be nursed at home.
The parents objected and desired removal to hospital.
When the District Sanitary Inspector visited to ascertain
if effective isolation was being maintained, admittance
to the house was refused. A warrant was obtained
from a Justice of the Peace and presented to the tenant's
wife, but admittance was still refused.
Legal proceedings were instituted and the defendant
fined 20s.
| New Cases. | Deaths. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Notification. | Brought to notice other than by Form A | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1- | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 5- | 3 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10- | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 15- | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | - | - |
| 20- | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | 4 | 6 | 1 | - |
| 25- | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | - | 6 | 5 | - | - |
| 35- | 9 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | - | 1 |
| 45- | 11 | 5 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - |
| 55- | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - |
| 65 and | ||||||||||||
| upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 75 | 43 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 3 | |
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | |
| No. on register 1st Jan., 1942 | 393 | 293 | 140 | 131 |
| During the year :— | ||||
| New Notifications | 75 | 43 | 12 | 15 |
| Deaths | 30 | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| Transfers into area | 16 | 22 | 4 | 4 |
| Transfers out of area | 20 | 22 | 5 | 5 |
| No. on Register 31st December, 1942 | 434 | 312 | 150 | 142 |