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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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| Disease. | Under 1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45—65 | 65 and over | Total all ages | Cases admitted to Hosp. | Total 'Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 14 | 34 | 56 | 66 | 404 | 139 | 34 | 38 | 9 | ... | ... | 798 | 534 | 4 | ||
| Diphtheria | 5 | 6 | 38 | 39 | 231 | 71 | 21 | 24 | 4 | 3 | ... | 464 | 445 | 34 | |||
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid & Paratyphoid) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 38 | 11 | 3 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| „ Pyrexia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 5 | ... | ... | 11 | 6 | ... | ||
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 3 | ... | |||
| *Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | ... | |||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Pneumonia | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 114 | 66 | 113 | ||
| Total | 25 | 98 | 111 | 654 | 216 | 66 | 95 | 39 | 46 | 14 | 1452 | 1076 | 164 | ||||
| Tuberculosis :— | |||||||||||||||||
| (a) Pulmonary | M | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 42 | 15 | 31 | 4 | 118 | 143 | 65 | |||||
| F | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 19 | 9 | 88 | 107 | 53 | |||||||
| Total | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 79 | 34 | 40 | 4 | 206 | 250 | 118 | ||||||
| M | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ... | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | ||||||
| F | ... | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | ... | 22 | 21 | 9 | |||||||
| Total | ... | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 7 | ... | 4 | 1 | 45 | 40 | 19 | |||
* The ten cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were visited and treated with no impairment of vision.
Notification of Tuberculosis is not completely satisfactory inasmuch that cases are frequently un-notified until the disease is well advanced.
In cases where death occurs in a non-notified case the attention of the Medical Practitioner is drawn to the fact and the explanation is usually satisfactory.
I he ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to total tuberculosis deaths was i to 5.