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Stepney 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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VI.—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
Notifications.—1,643 notifications (other than tuberculosis) were received,
particulars of which are given in the table below :—
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING THE YEAR, 1939.
| Disease. | Total Cases Notified. In Age ".roups. | Cases admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year. | l— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 35— | 45— | 65 and over | Total | |||
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | —. | _ |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 20 | 30 | 54 | 49 | 160 | 57 | n | 26 | 1 | _ | _ | 413 | 397 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 8 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 17 | 63 | 28 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 2 | _ | 204 | 204 | — |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | _ | 3 | 3 | _ |
| Measles | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | — | 4 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | 50 | 33 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | _ | _ | 5 | 5 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 15 | 6 | — | — | 22 | 21 | — | |||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 24 | 11 | 50 | 10 | 107 | 58 | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | _ | — | 9 | 9 | _ |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | 10 | 9 | — | |||||||||||
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 2 | — |
| Polio-myelitis | -— | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Membranous Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 36 | 30 | — | |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | _ |
| Pneumonia | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 21 | 54 | 31 | 219 | 144 | 199 |
| Whooping Cough | 83 | 96 | 93 | 106 | 65 | 99 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 546 | 126 | 9 |
| Totals | 133 | 152 | 173 | 208 | 149 | 348 | 99 | 47 | 133 | 50 | 109 | 42 | 1,643 | 1,046 | 213 |