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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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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 |