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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TOTAL CASES NOTIFIED DURING 1928.
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ... | 3 | 1 | 17 | 17 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 16 | 29 | 49 | 67 | 438 | 131 | 42 | 42 | 13 | 3 | ... | 832 | 325 | |||
| Diphtheria | 5 | 25 | 36 | 34 | 56 | 338 | 116 | 25 | 27 | 4 | 3 | ... | 669 | 648 | 55 | ||
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid & Paratyphoid) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 60 | 16 | 3 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | 8 | 7 | 2 | ||
| „ Pyrexia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 4 | ... | ... | 11 | 3 | ... | ||
| Meningococcal Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |||||
| Malaria (induced in Institution) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| *Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | ... | |||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Pneumonia | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 82 | 23 | 93 | |||
| Total | 23 | 48 | 71 | 87 | 126 | 791 | 258 | 76 | 115 | 41 | 49 | 18 | 1703 | 1056 | 161 | ||
| Tuberculosis:— | |||||||||||||||||
| M | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 11 | 40 | 26 | 33 | 3 | 118 | 168 | 65 | |||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 9 | 20 | 53 | 13 | 15 | ... | 114 | 104 | 52 | |||
| Total | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 93 | 39 | 48 | 3 | 232 | 272 | 117 | ||
| M | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ... | 24 | 22 | 11 | |||||
| F | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ... | 22 | 17 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 1 | ... | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | ... | 46 | 39 | 18 | |||
* The twelve 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.
The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to total tuberculosis deaths was 1 to 7.