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]
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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 | ||||||
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Scarlet Fever | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 67 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 122 | |||||
Whooping Cough | 22 | 19 | 31 | 16 | 31 | 127 | 11 | 4 | — | 261 | |||||
Measles | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | — | 23 | |||||
Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Dysentery | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 62 | |||||
Acute Poliomyelitis:— | |||||||||||||||
Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
Non-paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | |||||
Under 5 yrs. | 5—14 | 15—44 | 45—64 | 65 and over | Total | ||||||||||
Pneumonia:— | |||||||||||||||
Acute Primary | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 22 | |||||||||
Acute Influenzal | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | |||||||||
Encephalitis, Acute:— | |||||||||||||||
Infective | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||||||||
Post Infectious | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
Erysipelas | — | — | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
Food Poisoning | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 8 | |||||||||
Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | |||||||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | |||||||||
Paratyphoid 'B' | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
Typhoid | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
Notified | Admitted to Isolation Hospital, Rush Green | Admitted to other Isolation Hospitals | Admitted to other Hospitals | ||||||||||||
Diphtheria | — | - | - | - | |||||||||||
Dysentery | 62 | 3 | — | — | |||||||||||
Encephalitis, Acute | 1 | 1 | — | — | |||||||||||
Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Erysipelas | 8 | 2 | — | — | |||||||||||
Food Poisoning | 8 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Malaria | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Measles | 23 | - | - | - | |||||||||||
Meningococcal Infection | 1 | — | 1 | — | |||||||||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Pemphigus | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Pneumonia:— | |||||||||||||||
Acute Influenzal | 13 | — | - | - | |||||||||||
Acute Primary | 22 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Poliomyelitis:— | |||||||||||||||
Paralytic | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Non-paralytic | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Scarlet Fever | 122 | 1 | — | - | |||||||||||
Smallpox | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Typhoid | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Whooping Cough | 261 | 6 | — | — |