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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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PREVALENCE OP, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS DISEASE. Notified Cases for the 52 weeks ending 28.12.40.
| 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 Ilfard. | Wood-grange. | Plashet. | Kensington | Castle. | Central | Wall End | Greatfield | 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 & Up. | |||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 77 | - | 25 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 65 | |
| Diphtheria | 47 | - | 17 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 11 | 16 | - | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 47 | |
| Enteric Fever | 10 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 10 | - |
| Erysipelas | 33 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 6 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 8 | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | - | _ | - | 2 | 1 | - | - . | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 4 | - | ||
| Pneumonia | 42 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 30 | - | |
| Opthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | ||
| Meningoccal Meningitis | 11 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 11 | - | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| * Measles | 36 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | - |
| *Whooping Cough | 19 | 3 | 15 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - |
Notifiable for duration of war.