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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (other than Tuberculosis.)
| Under I 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 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 9 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 6 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 13 |
| Dysentery | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 13 |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 1 | — | 33 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 37 | 75 | 106 | 90 | 105 | 275 | 20 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 8 | — | 723 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| Pemphigus | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Pneumonia— | |||||||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 16 |
| Acute Primary | 23 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 1 | — | 177 |
| Polioencephalitis Acute | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis Acute | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 16 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 19 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 2 | 14 | 26 | 22 | 90 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 201 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 45 | 42 | 44 | 53 | 50 | 84 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | 327 |
| Notified | Admitted to Isolation Hospital, Rush Green. | Admitted to other Isolation Hospitals | Admitted to other Hospitals. | Deaths Registered. | |||||||||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 9 | 8 | — | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 13 | 13 | — | — | 1 | ||||||||||
| Dysentery | 13 | — | 1 | 1 | — | ||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 33 | 10 | — | 1 | — | ||||||||||
| Food Poisoning | 13 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Measles | 723 | 9 | — | 1 | — | ||||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Pemphigus | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Pneumonia— | |||||||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 16 | 3 | — | — | 45 | ||||||||||
| Acute Primary | 177 | 41 | — | — | |||||||||||
| Polioencephalitis Acute | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Poliomyelitis Acute | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 19 | 5 | — | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 201 | 73 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 327 | 15 | — | — | 1 | ||||||||||