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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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TUBERCULOSIS
| New Cases | Deaths | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Notifications | Brought to notice other than by Form A | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1— | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5— | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | - | — | - |
| 10— | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | — |
| 15— | 5 | 1 | — | _ | 2 | — | — | _ | - | — | — | |
| 20— | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | — | 1 | — | - | — | — |
| 25— | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | 13 | 16 | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | 1 |
| 35— | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| 45— | 4 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| 55— | 4 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| 65—and upwards | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| 34 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 35 | — | 3 | 17 | 10 | — | 1 | |
Register.
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| No. on register 1st January, 1954 | 535 | 415 | 75 | 82 |
| During the year:— | ||||
| New notifications | 34 | 31 | 4 | 4 |
| New cases brought to notice by Registrars' Deaths Returns | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Deaths | 17 | 10 | - | 1 |
| Transfers into area | 34 | 34 | — | 3 |
| Transfers out of area | 28 | 30 | 2 | 3 |
| Removed from register as "Recovered" | 34 | 17 | 4 | 10 |
| No. on register 31st December, 1954 | 527 | 424 | 73 | 75 |
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Nine cases of this disease were notified, all made complete
recoveries.
There were 38 cases in which a medical aid notice was sent by
a midwife to a medical practitioner on account of some eye condition
occurring in a newly-born infant. All these cases were
investigated by the Medical Officer of Health and all were visited
by a Health Visitor.