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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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51
Measles 18
Dysentery 7
(Revised diagnosis enteritis—2; N.A.D.—1)
Erysipelas 2
Puerperal Sepsis 1
Smallpox 1
(Revised diagnosis pneumonia—1)
Ringworm 1
Tonsillitis 4
Influenza 3
Ophthalmia 1
(Revised diagnosis conjunctivitis—1)
Cerebro-spinal meningitis 3
(Revised diagnosis Cystopyelitis—1; Infective Hepatitis—1)
Observation 2
Operations.
Incision of abscess 1
Lumbar puncture 4
Removal of nail 1
Incision of post-auricular abscess 1
FINAL DIAGNOSIS.
Diphtheria 22
Tonsillitis 29
Scarlet Fever 155
Measles 21
Dysentery (Sonne) 4
Chicken Pox 1
Mumps
Whooping Cough 11
Pneumonia 7
Infective Hepatitis 1
Meningitis 1
Erysipelas 2
Puerperal Sepsis 1
Streptococcal Septicaemia 1
Conjunctivitis 1
Cystopyelitis 1