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Dagenham 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES Notifiable Diseases (Other than Tuberculosis)

Under 1 year1—23—45—910—1415—2425 and overTotal
Scarlet Fever11126583051132
Whooping Cough2452629822--258
Acute Poliomyelitis:—
Paralytic-12-1-15
Non-paralytic--2111-5
Measles3023836862024661,292
Diphtheria--------
Under 5 years5—1415—4445—6465 and overTotal
Pneumonia:—
Acute Primary151213637
Acute Influenzal241218541
Dysentery456--15
Encephalitis, Acute:—
Infective------
Post-Infectious11---2
Erysipelas--2619
Meningococcal Infection2----2
Food Poisoning176244-51
Puerperal Pyrexia--3--3
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1----1
Paratyphoid "B"------
NotifiedAdmitted to Isolation Hospital, Rush GreenAdmitted to other Isolation HospitalsAdmitted to other Hospitals
Diphtheria----
Dysentery15211
Encephalitis, Acute211-
Enteric Fever----
Erysipelas911-
Food Poisoning51-2-
Malaria----
Measles1,29272-
Meningococcal Infection22--
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1---
Paratyphoid Fever----
Pemphigus----
Puerperal Pyrexia3---
Pneumonia:—
Acute Influenzal4113-
Acute Primary37---
Poliomyelitis:—
Paralytic5-5-
Non-Paralytic55--
Scarlet Fever13241-
Smallpox----
Whooping Cough25844-