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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Table 8.—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS DISEASE. Notified Cases for Year ended 31/12/48.
| 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 | 222 | — | 40 | 93 | 65 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | — | 30 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 24 | 44 | 15 | 16 | 88 | — |
| Diphtheria | 14 | — | 6 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | — |
| Erysipelas | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 111 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 63 | 45 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 8 | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Measles | 1,559 | 86 | 898 | 543 | 23 | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | 190 | 305 | 144 | 117 | 103 | 99 | 113 | 173 | 138 | 177 | 27 | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 578 | 70 | 329 | 169 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 89 | 56 | 56 | 22 | 38 | 39 | 49 | 83 | 62 | 84 | 27 | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |