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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 23.
Prevalence of and Control over Infectious Disease.—Notified Cases for the 52 Weeks ending 2nd January, 1932.
| 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 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and up. | |||||||||||||
| Smallpox | 51 | 1 | — | 3 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 51 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 245 | 4 | 51 | 114 | 37 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | — | 26 | 50 | 18 | 31 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 31 | 18 | 27 | 159 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 196 | 1 | 61 | 83 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | — | 6 | 19 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 29 | 18 | 26 | 5 | 29 | 189 | 18 |
| Erysipelas | 54 | 5 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 6 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 6 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | 8 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| Acute Polio Myelitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Enteric Fever | 8 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — |
| Pneumonia | 75 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 116 |