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East Ham 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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(j) Crippling Defects.
Reference to Table III on p. 126 will furnish information
with regard to the occurrence of crippling defects in the area. 29
cases of crippling due to tuberculosis and 154 cases due to other
causes were discovered at routine medical inspection during the
year. (See also 3 (b) ).
6. INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
A detailed account of the scheme adopted for the detection
and prevention of infectious diseases has been submitted in previous
reports, and the accompanying table will furnish statistics
in regard- to the incidence of the acute infectious diseases during
the year 1927.
There has been a marked increase in the incidence of scarlet
fever, diphtheria, and chicken pox, but that of measles and
whooping cough has been exceptionally low.