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East Ham 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 22.
Total Cases of Notifiable Diseases, 1910-1931.
| Disease. | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 25 | 70 | 51 |
| Scarlet Fever | 329 | 377 | 435 | 526 | 677 | 499 | 267 | 341 | 272 | 530 | 718 | 1,355 | 502 | 170 | 215 | 221 | 350 | 798 | 832 | 743 | 484 | 245 |
| Diphtheria | 142 | 121 | 72 | 258 | 319 | 204 | 225 | 279 | 273 | 451 | 426 | 309 | 198 | 160 | 128 | 246 | 337 | 464 | 669 | 578 | 473 | 196 |
| Enteric Fever | 19 | 56 | 13 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Erysipelas | 104 | 134 | 152 | 119 | 130 | 93 | 86 | 66 | 52 | 72 | 72 | 57 | 34 | 32 | 38 | 41 | 41 | 38 | 60 | 49 | 63 | 54 |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | Not Notifiable | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Meningococcal Meningitis | Not Notifiable | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | Not Notifi able | 4 | 5 | 7 | — | — | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Not Notifiable | — | 17 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Ac. Polio Myelitis | Not Notifiable | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 10 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | — | 2 | — | 1 | |
| Dysentery | Not Notifiable | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Malaria | Not Notifiable | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Measles | Not Notifiable | 1,650 | 1,404 | 1,538 | Not Notifiable | |||||||||||||||||
| German Measles | Not Notifiable | 123 | 115 | 134 | Not Notifiable | |||||||||||||||||
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | Not Notifiable | 85 | 92 | 54 | 79 | 91 | 70 | 114 | 82 | 102 | 59 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Total | 600 | 694 | 684 | 945 | 1,173 | 833 | 618 | 2,484 | 2,136 | 2.771 | 1,281 | 1,834 | 844 | 439 | 492 | 627 | 820 | 1,452 | 1,702 | 1,527 | 1,187 | 654 |