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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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General.
All members of the nursing and domestic staff are medically
examined and tested to ascertain their susceptibility to Diphtheria
and Scarlet Fever by means of the Schick and Dick skin reactions.
In those reacting positively immunization was offered.
Three probationer nurses and one member of the domestic
staff contracted Scarlet Fever during their first week and before
immunization could be obtained. These cases occurred during the
heaviest period of the epidemic and were due probably to mass
infection and a more severe type of illness then prevalent. Several
members of the staff succumbed to Influenza with fortunately
no untoward results, apart from the inconvenience and
disorganisation occasioned by depletion of such permanent staff.
TABLE 35.
Borough Infectious Diseases Hospital.
| Diseases. | Remaining at end of 1931 | Ad mitted during 1932. | Discharged during 1932. | Died during 1932. | Remaining at end of 1932. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 23 | 576 | 457 | 1 | 141 |
| Diphtheria | 16 | 153 | 120 | 14 | 35 |
| Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
| ? Scarlet Fever | — | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| ? Diphtheria | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever and Complications | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever and Chicken Pox | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Diphtheria and Whooping Cough | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Diphtheria and Pneumonia | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Diphtheria and Measles | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Tonsilitis | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Whooping Cough and Complications | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | — |
| Whooping Cough | — | 7 | 6 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 11 | 12 | — | — |
| Debility following Whooping Cough | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Enteritis | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Chicken Pox | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Gonorrhœa | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Typhoid | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — |
| ? Typhoid | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Marasmus | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Laryngitis | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Measles and Complications | 10 | 79 | 85 | 3 | 1 |
| 52 | 861 | 706 | 24 | 183 |