Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
This page requires JavaScript
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
Notifiable Diseases (Other than Tuberculosis)
Under 1 year | 1- | 2— | 3— | 4- | 5— | 10- | 15- | Over 25 yrs | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 141 | 52 | 29 | 13 | 297 |
Whooping Cough | 8 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 2 | - | - | 47 |
Measles | 9 | 25 | 40 | 45 | 43 | 161 | 6 | - | - | 329 |
Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 |
Acute Poliomyelitis:— | ||||||||||
Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Non-paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Under 5 years | 5—14 | 15—44 | 45—64 | 65 and over | Total | |||||
Pneumonia:— | ||||||||||
Acute Primary | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 20 | ||||
Acute Influenzal | - | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 18 | ||||
Encephalitis, Acute:— | ||||||||||
Infective | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Post-infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Erysipelas | - | - | - | 7 | 3 | 10 | ||||
Meningococcal Infection | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||||
Food Poisoning | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | 12 | ||||
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | ||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Paratyphoid "B" | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Typhoid | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | ||||
Notified | Admitted to Isolation Hospital, Rush Green | Admitted to other Isolation Hospitals | Admitted to other Hospitals | |||||||
Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | ||||||
Dysentery | 4 | - | - | - | ||||||
Encephalitis, Acute | - | - | - | - | ||||||
Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | ||||||
Erysipelas | 10 | 3 | - | - | ||||||
Food Poisoning | 12 | 1 | - | 2 | ||||||
Malaria | - | - | - | - | ||||||
Measles | 329 | - | - | - | ||||||
Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | ||||||
Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | ||||||
Pemphigus | - | - | - | - | ||||||
Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | - | - | 2 | ||||||
Pneumonia:— | ||||||||||
Acute Influenzal | 18 | - | - | - | ||||||
Acute Primary | 20 | - | - | - | ||||||
Poliomyelitis:— | ||||||||||
Paralytic | 3 | 3 | - | - | ||||||
Non-paralytic | - | - | - | - | ||||||
Scarlet Fever | 297 | 3 | 1 | - | ||||||
Smallpox | - | - | - | - | ||||||
Typhoid | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||||||
Whooping Cough | 47 | - | - | - |