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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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| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 5— | _ | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 10— | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 15— | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 20— | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 25— | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — |
| 35— | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 45— | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 55— | 8 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | I | I | — |
| 65—and upwards | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | |
| 29 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | — | |
Register.
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| No. on register 1st January, 1954 | 527 | 424 | 73 | 75 |
| During the year: | ||||
| New notifications | 29 | 24 | 5 | 7 |
| New cases brought to notice by Registrars' Deaths Returns | 2 | _ | _ | — |
| Deaths | 9 | 4 | 2 | — |
| Transfers into area | 25 | 32 | 2 | 2 |
| Transfers out of area | 21 | 39 | 3 | 5 |
| Removed from register as " Recovered " | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| No. on register 31st December, 1955 | 543 | 424 | 73 | 78 |
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Three cases of this disease were notified, all made complete
recoveries.
There were 27 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.
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