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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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| Notified | Admitted to Isolation Hospital, Rush Green | Admitted to other Isolation Hospitals | Admitted to other Hospitals | Deaths Registered | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | — |
| Dysentery | 28 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Encephalitis, Acute | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 5 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Malaria | 1 | — | - | 1 | — |
| Measles | 1,407 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 3 | 3 | - | — | — |
| Opththalmia Neonatorum | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Pemphigus | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 14 | 1 | — | 6 | — |
| Pneumonia.- | |||||
| Acute Influenzal | 8 | — | — | 2 | |
| Acute Primary | 37 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 47 |
| Poliomyelitis, Acute | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — |
| Non-paralytic | 6 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 151 | 26 | 14 | - | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | ||
| Whooping Cough | 492 | 12 | 4 | 4 | - |
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION
The following is a summary of the work carried out during
the year:-
Number of SCHOOL children immunised without
preliminary testing 96
Number of PRE-SCHOOL children immunised without
preliminary testing 974
Number of SCHOOL children who received a
boosting dose 850
Immunisation by General Practitioners.
Number of SCHOOL children immunised without
preliminary testing 18
Number of PRE-SCHOOL children immunised with
out preliminary testing 258
Number of SCHOOL children who received a
boosting dose 119
WHOOPING COUGH IMMUNISATION
The number of children who received protective doses against
Whooping Cough was 96, the majority of these being between the
ages of one and four years.