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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 1947
[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 31/12/47. 52b
| 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 | 179 | 1 | 55 | 84 | 31 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | 22 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 93 | — |
| Diphtheria | 46 | — | 9 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 23 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever... | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 143 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 37 | 26 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 89 | 70 |
| Dysentery | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 7 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 1 |
| Measles | 964 | 52 | 505 | 361 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 103 | 124 | 35 | 100 | 80 | 67 | 91 | 124 | 81 | 159 | 14 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 430 | 62 | 233 | 121 | 6 | 1 | 6 | — | 1 | — | 49 | 72 | 22 | 30 | 46 | 25 | 36 | 64 | 33 | 53 | 28 | 3 |
| Acute Polio-Encephalitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |