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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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C.S.F. 1
Revision of diagnosis :—
Scarlet Fever 1
Anterior Poliomyelitis 2
Revision of diagnosis :—
Bruised Hand 1
Bruised Leg 1
Operations.
1 Tracheotomy.
2 Incisions of abscesses.
There were no return cases of infectious diseases throughout
the year.
TABLE 27.
FINAL DIAGNOSIS.
| Diphtheria | 27 |
| Tonsillitis | 28 |
| Scarlet Fever | 117 |
| Urticaria | 1 |
| Measles | 33 |
| No evidence found of infectious disease | 3 |
| Chicken Pox | 4 |
| Mumps | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 6 |
| Pneumonia | 1 |
| Jaundice | 1 |
| Eczema | 1 |
| Depression | 1 |
| Quinsy | 1 |
| Appendicitis | 1 |
| Sub-phrenic and Liver Abscesses | 1 |
| Cystitis | 1 |
| Trauma | 2 |
| Bronchitis | 1 |
| P.U.O. | 1 |
| Total | 235 |