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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 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

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Table: PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASESNotifiable Diseases (Other than Tuberculosis)

PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES

Notifiable Diseases (Other than Tuberculosis)

Under 1 year1-2—3—4-5—10-15-Over 25 yrsTotal
Scarlet Fever2792024141522913297
Whooping Cough83686142--47
Measles9254045431616--329
Diphtheria----------
Dysentery--------44
Acute Poliomyelitis:—
Paralytic-------123
Non-paralytic----------
Under 5 years5—1415—4445—6465 and overTotal
Pneumonia:—
Acute Primary1458220
Acute Influenzal-167418
Encephalitis, Acute:—
Infective------
Post-infectious------
Erysipelas---7310
Meningococcal Infection1----1
Food Poisoning2523-12
Puerperal Pyrexia--4--4
Ophthalmia Neonatorum------
Paratyphoid "B"------
Typhoid-1---1
NotifiedAdmitted to Isolation Hospital, Rush GreenAdmitted to other Isolation HospitalsAdmitted to other Hospitals
Diphtheria----
Dysentery4---
Encephalitis, Acute----
Enteric Fever----
Erysipelas103--
Food Poisoning121-2
Malaria----
Measles329---
Meningococcal Infection11--
Ophthalmia Neonatorum----
Paratyphoid Fever----
Pemphigus----
Puerperal Pyrexia4--2
Pneumonia:—
Acute Influenzal18---
Acute Primary20---
Poliomyelitis:—
Paralytic33--
Non-paralytic----
Scarlet Fever29731-
Smallpox----
Typhoid11--
Whooping Cough47---