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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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| Month | Measles | Chicken Pox | Whooping Cough | Mumps | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 9 |
| February | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 21 | |
| March | 2 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 20 | |
| April | 29 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 39 | 14 |
| May | 142 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 12 |
| June | 69 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 30 | |
| July | 9 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 14 | |
| August | — | — | — | — | ||
| September | 1 | 1 | 11 | — | 17 | 19 |
| October | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 60 | |
| November | — | 6 | 19 | 7 | 45 | |
| December | 17 | 3 | 40 | |||
| (185) 132 | (50) 80 | (426) 298 | ||||
| The totals in brackets are those for the year 1928 and are inserted for comparison. | ||||||