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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 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

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Table: PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASESNotifiable Diseases (Other than Tuberculosis)

PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES

Notifiable Diseases (Other than Tuberculosis)

Under 1 yr1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -10 -15 -Over 25 yr8Total
Scarlet Fever13662874358
Whooping Cough138895162--61
4311413414311646817821,045
Diphtheria----------
Dysentery2513333051769
Acute Poliomyelitis:
Paralytic----------
Non-paralytic.---------
MeningococcalInfection1------1-2
Under 5 yrs5-1415 - 4445 - 6465 and overTotal
Pneumonia:
1325112
Acute Influenzal------
Encephalitis, Acute:
Infective1----1
Post Infectious---.--
Erysipelas---2-2
1112-5
Puerperal Pyrexia------
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2----2
Paratyphoid B------
------
------
NotifiedAdmitted to Rush Green HospitalAdmitted to other Isolation HospitalsAdmitted to other Hospitals
Dysentery69-1
Encephalitis, Acute:
Infective1--1
Post Infectious.---
Erysipelas2---
Food Poisoning5-1-
Measles1,04521-
Meningococcal Infection21-1
Paratyphoid Fever----
Puerperal Pyrexia----
Pneumonia:
Acute Primary12---
Acute Influenzal----
Acute Poliomyelitis:
Paralytic----
Non-paralytic----
Scarlet Fever582--
Typhoid----
Whooping Cough6111-