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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 1956
[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 | Registered Deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dysentery | 67 | 13 | 2 | 1 | – |
| Encephalitis, Acute | 1 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Enteric Fever | – | – | – | – | – |
| Erysipelas | 15 | 5 | 1 | – | – |
| Food Poisoning | 46 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | 91 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Meningococcal Infection | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | – | 1 | – | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 6 | 5 | 1 | – | – |
| Pemphigus | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Pneumonia:— | |||||
| Acute Influenzal | 14 | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Acute Primary | 34 | 2 | 1 | I | _ |
| Poliomyelitis, Paralytic | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Non-Paralytic | 9 | 9 | – | – | – |
| Scarlet Fever | 86 | 3 | 1 | – | – |
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | 412 | 3 | 7 | – | – |