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East Ham 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 15.
Prevalence of and Control over Infectious Disease.—Notified Cases for the 52 Weeks ending 30th December, 1933.
| 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 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Scarlet. Fever | 701 | 2 | 141 | 328 | 139 | 42 | 34 | 13 | 2 | — | 52 | 94 | 93 | 73 | 50 | 49 | 55 | 94 | 57 | 84 | 556 | 5 |
| Diphtheria | 180 | 1 | 56 | 87 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 16 | 32 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 27 | 179 | 22 |
| Erysipelas | 69 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 4 |
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 6 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 5 | — |
| Pneumonia | 148 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 33 | 37 | 28 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 88 | 96 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | — |
| Acute Polio Encephalitis | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Acute Polio Myelitis | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| *Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica. | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
* Induced in an Institution.