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East Ham 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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1935
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Table: TABLE 14.Total Cases of Notifiable Diseases, 1912-1935.

TABLE 14.

Total Cases of Notifiable Diseases, 1912-1935.

Disease.191219131914191519161917191819191920192119221923192419251926192719281929193019311932193319341935
Smallpox------3110-------172570511311-
Scarlet Fever4355266674992673412725307181,355502170215221350798832743484245779701979411
Diphtheria72258319204225279273451426309198160128246337464669578473196157180379254
Enteric Fever131921579215107435972723875-2
Erysipelas152119130968666527272573432384141386049635455697455
Puerperal Fever88441216653555554891044712
Puerperal PyrexiaNot Notifiable11111214623101114
Meningococcal Meningitis2618673334-1111411385133
Encephalitis LethargicaNot Notifiable457-961231---111
Ophthalmia Neonatorum--17161671113303111168101238666955
Ac. Polio Myelitis284110--31--311-5-2-172513
Ac. Polio EncephalitisNot Notifiable-------------321-
DysenteryNot Notifiable---------------1-
MalariaNot Notifiable--1----------11*--
MeaslesNot Notifiable1,6501,4041,538Not Notifiable
German MeaslesNot Notifiable123115134Not Notifiable
Continued Fever------------------------
Typhus Fever-1----------------------
PneumoniaNot Notifiable8592547991701148210259757714810088
Total6849451,1738336182,4842,1362,7711,2811,8348444394926278201,4521,7021,5271,1876541,1371,1341,568858

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1934
Smallpox
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
1
10
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17
25
70
51
13
1
1
-
Scarlet Fever
435
526
667
499
267
341
272
530
718
1,355
502
170
215
221
350
798
832
743
484
245
779
701
979
411
Diphtheria
72
258
319
204
225
279
273
451
426
309
198
160
128
246
337
464
669
578
473
196
157
180
379
254
Enteric Fever
13
19
21
5
7
9
2
15
10
7
4
3
5
9
7
2
7
2
3
8
7
5
-
2
Erysipelas
152
119
130
96
86
66
52
72
72
57
34
32
38
41
41
38
60
49
63
54
55
69
74
55
Puerperal Fever
8
8
4
4
1
2
1
6
6
5
3
5
5
5
5
5
4
8
9
10
4
4
7
12
Puerperal Pyrexia
Not Notifiable
11
11
12
14
6
23
10
11
14
Meningococcal Meningitis
2
6
1
8
6
7
3
3
3
4
-
1
1
1
1
4
1
1
3
8
5
1
3
3
Encephalitis Lethargica
Not Notifiable
4
5
7
-
9
6
1
2
3
1
-
-
-
1
1
1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
-
-
17
16
16
7
11
13
30
3
11
11
6
8
10
12
3
8
6
6
6
9
5
5
Ac. Polio Myelitis
2
8
4
1
10
-
-
3
1
-
-
3
1
1
-
5
-
2
-
1
7
2
5
13
Ac. Polio Encephalitis
Not Notifiable
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
2
1
-
Dysentery
Not Notifiable
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
Malaria
Not Notifiable
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1*
-
-
Measles
Not Notifiable
1,650
1,404
1,538
Not Notifiable
German Measles
Not Notifiable
123
115
134
Not Notifiable
Continued Fever
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Typhus Fever
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pneumonia
Not Notifiable
85
92
54
79
91
70
114
82
102
59
75
77
148
100
88
Total
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
1,137
1,134
1,568
858
* Induced in an Institution.