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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 1949
[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 | 23 | 60 | 152 | 27 | 10 | 2 | - | - | 275 |
| Whooping Cough | 31 | 53 | 60 | 56 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 201 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 26 |
| Acute Polioencephalitis. . | - | - | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Measles .. | 24 | 221 | 183 | 160 | 6 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 603 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 0—5 | 5-15 | 15-45 | 45-65 | 65 and over | No age | Non-Civilian | Total | |||
| Pheumonia : | ||||||||||
| Acute Primary | .. | 11 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | - | - | 35 | |
| Influenzal | .. | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Dysentery | .. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Smallpox | .. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Enteric Fever | .. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Paratyphoid | .. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Erysipelas | .. | - | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 19 | |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | .. | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | .. | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | .. | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | |
| Pemphigus | .. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Food Poisoning | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | - | 12 | |