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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (Other than Tuberculosis)
| Under 1 year | 1-3 | 3-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-25 | 25 and over | No age | Non-Civilian | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 18 | 38 | 106 | 27 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 205 |
| Whooping Cough | 70 | 136 | 138 | 121 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | 471 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 77 | 382 | 394 | 563 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | 1444 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 0-5 | 5-15 | 15-45 | 45-65 | 65 and over | No age | Non-Civilian | Total | |||
| Pheumonia: | ||||||||||
| Acute Primary | 37 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 4 | - | - | 86 | ||
| Influenzal | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | — | — | 4 | ||
| Dysentery | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | ||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Paratyphoid | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Erysipelas | - | - | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | - | 22 | ||
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | ||
| Pemphigus | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Pood Poisoning | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 5 | ||