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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 19.
Prevalence of and Control over Infectious Disease.—Notified Casks for the 53 Weeks ending 3rd January, 1931.
| Disease. | Cases notified in whole district. | Ward distribution of Cases. | No. of Cases removed to hospital. | Total deaths in Borough. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages—years | Manor Park. | Little Ilford. | Wood-grange. | Plashet. | Kensington. | Castle. | Central. | Wall End. | Great-field. | South. | ||||||||||||
| At all ages | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 0 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and up. | |||||||||||||
| Smallpox | 70 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 70 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 484 | 5 | 96 | 183 | 100 | 42 | 51 | 5 | 2 | — | 25 | 39 | 42 | 51 | 25 | 61 | 39 | 84 | 57 | 61 | 325 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 473 | 9 | 101 | 226 | 78 | 24 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 43 | 44 | 49 | 40 | 64 | 41 | 56 | 40 | 57 | 460 | 20 |
| Erysipelas | 63 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 18 | 8 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 10 | — | — | — | - | 1 | 9 | - | — | - | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 10 | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 12 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | — |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Pneumonia | 59 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | — | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 84 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 |