Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Gastro- Enteritis.
Number of notified cases | 17 |
Revision of diagnosis | 6 |
Nervous Dyspepsia | 1 |
Marasmus | 1 |
Mal feeding | 1 |
No evidence of infectious disease | 3 |
Final number of Gastro Enteritis cases | 11 |
Number of deaths | 8 |
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis.
Number of notified cases | 11 |
Revision of diagnosis | 6 |
Sonne Dysentery | 1 |
Measles | 1 |
Mitral Stenosis | 1 |
Influenzal Chill | 1 |
Acute Rheumatism with Endocarditis | 1 |
No evidence of infectious disease | 1 |
Final number of Poliomyelitis cases | 5 |
Number of deaths | 2 |
Cases transferred for Physiotherapy | 3 |
Paralysis:— Diaphragm | 1 |
Intercostals | 1 |
Facial | 1 |
Strabismus | 1 |
Pharynx | 1 |
Palatal | 1 |
Limbs | 5 |
Total | 11 |
Bacteriological examinations, carried out at St. Margaret's Hospital, Epping.
Cerebro Spinal fluids | 11 |
Faecal specimens | 21 |
Urine specimens | 2 |
Gastric Juice specimens | 1 |
Blood specimens | 4 |
Pus | 2 |
Final table of admissions during 1947 after correction for diagnosis.
Diphtheria | 44 |
Scarlet Fever | 89 |
Acute Dermatitis | 1 |
Acute Nephritis | 1 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 5 |
Acute Rheumatism | 1 |
Acute Tonsillitis | 23 |
Bronchial Catarrh | 1 |
Broncho Pneumonia | 2 |
Catarrhal Laryngitis | 3 |
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | 1 |
Cervical Adenitis | 8 |