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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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| Notified | Admitted to isolation hospital Rush Green | Admitted to other isolation hospitals | Admitted to other hospitals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery | 3 | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis, Acute | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 3 | - | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 17 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Measles | 214 | 1 | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia:— | ||||
| Acute Influenzal | 9 | - | - | - |
| Acute Primary | 4 | - | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis:— | ||||
| Paralytic | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 76 | 1 | - | - |
| Typhoid | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 58 | - | - | - |
TUBERCULOSIS
| New Cases | Deaths | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Notifications | Brought to notice other than by Form A | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | NonPulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1— | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5— | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10— | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15— | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 20— | 2 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25— | 1 | 3 | - | - | 5 | 15 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 35— | 5 | 1 | - | - | 11 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 45— | 8 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | |
| 55— | 8 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| 65—and upwards | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 32 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 1 | - | - |
Register
| Pulmonary | non-Pulmonary | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| No. on register 1st January, 1962 | 572 | 451 | 72 | 70 |
| During the year:— | ||||
| New Notifications | 32 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| New cases brought to notice by Registrars' Death Returns | - | - | - | - |
| Deaths | 15 | 1 | - | - |
| Transfers into area | 28 | 31 | 2 | 1 |
| Transfers out of area | 23 | 16 | - | 1 |
| Removed from Register as " Recovered " | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| No. on register 31st December, 1962 | 573 | 463 | 69 | 67 |