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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 24.
Prevalence of, and Control over, Infectious Disease Notified Cases for Year ended 31/12/45.
| Disease. | Cases notified in whole district. | Ward Distribution of Cases. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital. | Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 153 | — | 43 | 79 | 25 | — | 5 | — | 1 | — | 10 | 16 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 28 | 14 | 16 | 119 | — |
| Diphtheria | 31 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | — | 2 | 2 | 31 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 55 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 68 |
| Dysentery | 7 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 |
| Malaria (induced for therapeutic purposes) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| *Measles | 1,498 | 78 | 799 | 580 | 39 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 117 | 243 | 120 | 197 | 112 | 164 | 147 | 152 | 104 | 142 | 38 | 1 |
| *Whooping Cough | 67 | 8 | 33 | 23 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 6 | — |
* Notifiable for duration of war.