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East Ham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 19.
Prevalence of and Control over Infectious Disease.—Notified Cases for the 52 Weeks ending 1st January,, 1938.
| 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. | |||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 387 | 1 | 97 | 174 | 63 | 21 | 24 | 4 | 3 | — | 36 | 51 | 33 | 38 | 33 | 32 | 36 | 53 | 34 | 41 | 337 | — |
| Diphtheria | 149 | 2 | 30 | 72 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | — | 18 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 34 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 149 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 53 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | — |
| *Puerperal Fever | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — |
| Pneumonia | 111 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 66 | 102 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — |
| Enteric Fever | 13 | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Acute Polio Myelitis | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — |
| Meningococgal Meningitis | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Dysentery | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | |
*Notifiable as Puerperal Pyrexia as from 1.10.37