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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
Stepney 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING THE YEAR, 1946.
| DISEASE. | Under l yr. | Tota1 Cases notified In Groups. | 65 and over | Total | Cases admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 35- | 45- | ||||||
| Smallpox. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever. | 3 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 142 | 66 | - |
| Diphtheria. | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 7 | - | - | - | 45 | 45 | 1 |
| Membranous Croup. | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| Enteric Fever. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Measles. | 48 | 120 | 105 | 122 | 113 | 197 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 733 | 117 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 17 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 87 | 23 | - |
| Puerperal Fever. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Do Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | 8 | 8 | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas. | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 30 | 16 | - |
| Cerebrospinal Fever. | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | - |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Polio-Encephalitis. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentry. | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | 6 | - | 1 | 27 | 22 | - |
| Malaria. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 4 | - | - | 14 | 7 | - |
| Pneumonia. | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 81 | 30 | 80 |
| Food Poisoning | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 8 | 1 | - |
| Totals | 85 | 156 | 143 | 155 | 155 | 302 | 51 | 17 | 56 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 1194 | 353 | 89 |
Malaria. All cases contracted abroad, except one, which was induced.
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