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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 1959
[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 yr. | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 10— | 15— | Over 25 yrs | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 107 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 201 | |||||
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 24 | 4 | 1 | — | 60 | |||||
| Measles | 67 | 177 | 247 | 261 | 262 | 1,000 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2,038 | |||||
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 22 | |||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis:— | |||||||||||||||
| Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Non-paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |||||
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |||||
| Under 5 years | 5—14 | 15—44 | 45—64 | 65 and over | Total | ||||||||||
| Pneumonia:— | |||||||||||||||
| Acute Primary | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | |||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | — | — | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | |||||||||
| Encephalitis, Acute:— | |||||||||||||||
| Infective | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Post Infectious | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| Food Poisoning | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | 6 | — | — | 6 | |||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 | |||||||||
| Paratyphoid 'B' | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | |||||||||
| Typhoid | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Notified | Admitted to Isolation Hospital, Rush Green | Admitted to other Isolation Hospitals | Admitted to other Hospitals | ||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||
| Dysentery | 22 | 5 | — | — | |||||||||||
| Excephalitis, Acute | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | — | — | - | - | |||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 4 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Food Poisoning | 12 | 1 | — | — | |||||||||||
| Malaria | — | — | - | - | |||||||||||
| Measles | 2,038 | 3 | 3 | - | |||||||||||
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | — | — | |||||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Paratyphoid Fever | 2 | 1 | — | — | |||||||||||
| Pemphigus | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | 2 | — | — | |||||||||||
| Pneumonia:— | |||||||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 15 | - | - | - | |||||||||||
| Acute Primary | 21 | - | - | - | |||||||||||
| Poliomyelitis:— | |||||||||||||||
| Paralytic | — | — | - | - | |||||||||||
| Non-paralytic | 1 | 1 | - | - | |||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 201 | 1 | - | - | |||||||||||
| Smallpox | — | — | - | - | |||||||||||
| Typhoid | — | — | - | - | |||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 60 | — | - | - | |||||||||||