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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

East Ham 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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Table: CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1920.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1920.

Notifiable Disease.Number of Cases Notified.Total Casks Notified in Each Ward.Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5. years.5 and under 15 years.15 and tinder 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 and upwards.Beckton and North Woolwich Ward.Central Ward East.Central Ward West.Manor Park Ward.Plashet Ward East.Plashet Ward West.
Small Pox10......1252...4141......10
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup).426210428816133...6765111975036380
Erysipelas7211352529891022148910
Scarlet Fever71819252171303...7814514214898107365
Typhus Fever.............................................
Enteric Fever10...15121...4...21128
Relapsing Fever.............................................
Continued Fever.............................................
Puerperal Fever6.........15...............51...4
Cerebro- Spinal Meningitis32......1............11......12
Poliomyelitis1...1.....................1............
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3030..................44610423
Encephalitis Lethargica5............41...2...2......12
Pulmonary Tuberculosis24221106013138...325640523131192
Other forms of Tuberculosis68411289124...414161771021
Totals159142211856166227818204296347345200199997