London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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| Under 1 year | 1—2 | 3—4 | 5—9 | 10—14 | 15—24 | 25 and over | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 3 | 104 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 24 | 37 | 61 | 90 | 5 | — | — | 217 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis:— | ||||||||
| Paralytic | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 11 | |||
| Non-paralytic | — | — | — | I | — | |||
| Measles | 103 | 570 | 703 | 1277 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 2690 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Under 5 years | 5—14 | 15—44 | 45—64 | 65 and over | Total | |||
| Pneumonia:— | ||||||||
| Acute Primary | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 44 | ||
| Acute Influenzal | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 5 | ||
| Dysentery | 9 | 15 | 3 | — | 29 | |||
| Encephalitis. AcuteP:- | ||||||||
| Infective | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Post-Infectious | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Enteric | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Paratyphoid | — | 1 | — | — | — | I | ||
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | 3 | 12 | — | 16 | ||
| Meningococcal Infection | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 | ||
| Food Poisoning | — | 7 | 9 | 1 | — | 17 | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | _ | — | — | — | 3 | ||
| Pemphigus | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Malaria (Foreign Origin) | — | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | |||
| Smallpox | ||||||||