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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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| 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 | No age | Non-Civilian | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Diphtheria | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Dysentery | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 26 | |||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | _- | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 18 | 2 | - | - | 31 | ||
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 72 | 161 | 220 | 186 | 163 | 493 | 31 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1330 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 |
| Pemphigus | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Pneumonia- | |||||||||||||||
| Acute Primary | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 6 | - | - | 106 | ||||
| Influenzal | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | ||
| Poliomyelitis Acute | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |||
| Polioencephalitis Acute | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | - | |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 133 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 233 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 25 | 23 | 32 | 22 | 16 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | ||
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (Other than Tuberculosis)
| Notified. | Admitted to Isolation Hospital, Rush Green. | Admitted to other Isolation Hospitals. | Admitted to other Hospitals. | Deaths Registered. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 7 | 6 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 19 | 19 | - | - | 2 |
| Dysentery | 26 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 31 | 10 | - | 1 | - |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 1330 | 25 | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 15 | 7 | - | - | - |
| Pemphigus | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia:- Acute Primary | 106 | 31 | - | - | 43 |
| Inhuenzal | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Poliomyelitis Acute | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| Policencephalitis Acute | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Scaret Fever | 233 | 64 | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 177 | 6 | - | 1 | - |
| Malaria | 6 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |