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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | - | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 82 | ||
Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | — | 27 | ||
Measles | 78 | 212 | 233 | 240 | 241 | 915 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 1965 | ||
Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nil | ||
Dysentery | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | ||
Acute Poliomyelitis:— | ||||||||||||
Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil | ||
Non-paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil | ||
Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil | ||
Under 5 yrs. | 5—14 | 15—44 | 45—64 | 65 and over | Total | |||||||
Pneumonia:— | ||||||||||||
Acute Primary | 1 | — | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | ||||||
Acute Influenzal | — | — | 5 | 14 | — | 19 | ||||||
Encephalitis, Acute:— | ||||||||||||
Infective | — | — | — | — | — | Nil | ||||||
Post Infectious | — | — | — | — | — | Nil | ||||||
Erysipelas | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
Food Poisoning | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | 10 | ||||||
Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | ||||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | ||||||
Paratyphoid B | — | — | — | — | — | Nil | ||||||
Typhoid | — | — | — | — | — | Nil | ||||||
Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | Nil | ||||||
Notified | Admitted to isolation hospital, Rush Green | Admitted to other isolation hospitals | Admitted to other hospitals | |||||||||
Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Dysentery | 5 | — | — | — | ||||||||
Encephalitis, Acute | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Enteric Fever | 1 | — | — | 1 | ||||||||
Erysipelas | 5 | — | — | — | ||||||||
Food Poisoning | 10 | 3 | — | 1 | ||||||||
Malaria | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Measles | 1,965 | 9 | — | — | ||||||||
Meningococcal Infection | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | — | — | — | ||||||||
Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Pemphigus | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | — | — | — | ||||||||
Pneumonia:— | ||||||||||||
Acute Influenzal | 19 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
Acute Primary | 15 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
Poliomyelitis:— | ||||||||||||
Paralytic | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Non-Paralytic | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Scarlet fever | 82 | — | — | — | ||||||||
Smallpox | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Typhoid | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Whooping Cough | 27 | — | — | — |