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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (other than Tuberculosis).
| Under 1 year | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 and over | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | |||
| Diphtheria | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 28 | |||
| Dysentery | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 39 | |||
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Measles | 44 | 127 | 135 | 132 | 155 | 533 | 34 | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | 1174 | |||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |||
| Pemphigus | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |||
| Pneumonia— Acute Primary | 11 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 151 | |||
| Influenzal | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 33 | |||
| Poliomyelitis Acute | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
| Polioencephalitis Acute | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 1 | 1 | — | 20 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | — | 12 | 29 | 32 | 38 | 191 | 62 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 376 | |||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Whooping Cough | 42 | 43 | 42 | 46 | 55 | 96 | 6 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 333 | |||
| Notified. | Admitted to Isolation Hospital, Rush Green. | Admitted to other Isolation Hospitals. | Admitted to other Hospitals. | Deaths Registered. | ||||||||||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 3 | 3 | — | — | 1 | |||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 28 | 26 | 2 | — | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 39 | 12 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Measles | 1174 | 13 | 1 | — | 3 | |||||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Pemphigus | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Pneumonia— | ||||||||||||||||
| Acute Primary | 151 | 37 | — | 10 | }97 | |||||||||||
| Influenzal | 33 | 10 | — | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Poliomyelitis Acute | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Polioencephalitis Acute | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 20 | 13 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 376 | 161 | 2 | — | — | |||||||||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 333 | 20 | — | — | 6 | |||||||||||