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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 19. 58 Total Cases of Notifiable Diseases, 1915-1938.
| Disease. | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 25 | 70 | 51 | 13 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 499 | 267 | 341 | 272 | 530 | 718 | 1,355 | 502 | 170 | 215 | 221 | 350 | 798 | 832 | 743 | 484 | 245 | 779 | 701 | 979 | 411 | 359 | 387 | 287 |
| Diphtheria | 204 | 225 | 279 | 273 | 451 | 426 | 309 | 198 | 160 | 128 | 246 | 337 | 464 | 669 | 578 | 473 | 196 | 157 | 180 | 379 | 254 | 134 | 149 | 141 |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | — | 2 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| Erysipelas | 96 | 86 | 66 | 52 | 72 | 72 | 57 | 34 | 32 | 38 | 41 | 41 | 38 | 60 | 49 | 63 | 54 | 55 | 69 | 74 | 55 | 59 | 53 | 71 |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5‡ | † |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | Not Notifiable | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Meningococcal Meningitis | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | Not Notifiable | 4 | 5 | 7 | — | — | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 16 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| Ac. Polio Myelitis | 1 | 10 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 4 | — |
| Ac. Polio Encephalitis | Not Notifiable | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |||
| Dysentery | Not Notifiable | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 18 | |||
| Malaria | Not Notifiable | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1* | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Measles | do | do | 1,650 | 1,404 | 1,538 | Not Notifiable | ||||||||||||||||||
| German Measles | do | do | 123 | 115 | 134 | Not Notifiable | ||||||||||||||||||
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | Not Notifiable | 85 | 92 | 54 | 79 | 91 | 70 | 114 | 82 | 102 | 59 | 75 | 77 | 148 | 100 | 88 | 101 | 111 | 85 | |||||
| Total | 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 | 677 | 742 | 648 |
* Induced in an Institution.
‡ Notifiable as Puerperal Pyrexia as from 1.10.37
* Not notifiable as from 1.10.37