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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Table 22.—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS DISEASE. Notified Cases for Year ended 31/12/46.
| Disease. | Cases notified in whole district. | Ward Distribution of Cases. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital. | Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages—years. | Mano Park. | Little Ilford. | Wood-grange. | Plashet. | Kensington. | Castle. | Central. | Wall End. | Great-field. | South. | ||||||||||||
| At all ages | Un-der 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 | 193 | 2 | 46 | 87 | 45 | 6 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 24 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 22 | 16 | 158 | — |
| Diphtheria | 19 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 19 | — | |
| Erysipelas | 25 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | • | 8 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | — |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | — |
| Pneumonia | 97 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 58 | 68 |
| Dysentery | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| †Malaria | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| *Measles | 815 | 39 | 419 | 331 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 87 | 45 | 59 | 77 | 64 | 43 | 80 | 155 | 68 | 137 | 21 | — |
| *Whooping Cough | 258 | 27 | 164 | 63 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 51 | 31 | 43 | 10 | — |
| * Notifiable for duration of war. | † 2 Contracted abroad, 1 induced for therapeutic purposes. | |||||||||||||||||||||