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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Zymotic Death Rate.
The deaths from the seven principal zymotic diseases,
(Small pox, Whooping Cough, Measles, Diphtheria, Diarrhoea
Scarlet Fever, and Enteric Fever) during the year numbered 16.
The death rate was 0.17 per 1,000 population, as compared with
a rate of 0.17 for 1941.
No cases of Smallpox were reported during the year under
review.