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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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The quarterly returns to the Registrar-General were as follows:—
| Disease | Qtr. ending | Qtr. ending | Qtr. ending | Qtr. ending | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31/3/49 | 30/6/49 | 30/9/49 | 31/12/49 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 43 | 40 | 69 | 137 | 289 |
| Whooping Cough | 227 | 215 | 40 | 10 | 498 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| Measles | 712 | 341 | 39 | 6 | 1,098 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 55 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 88 |
| Food Poisoning... | — | 1 | 3 | — | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 24 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
The deaths from the seven principal zymotic diseases (Smallpox,
Whooping Cough, Measles, Diphtheria, Diarrhoea, Scarlet
Fever and Enteric Fever) numbered 6, as compared with 7 for the
previous year and 15 for 1947.
The zymotic death rate was 0.049 per 1,000 population as
compared with a rate of 0.05 for 1948.
No cases of smallpox were reported.
In the following table the notification rates for 1949 per 1,000
civilian population arc shewn:—
TABLE 7.
| Notifications | England and Wales | 126 County Boroughs & Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns Resident Population 25,000-50,000 at 1931 Census | London Adm. County | East Ham |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 1.63 | 1.72 | 1.83 | 1.46 | 2.36 |
| Whooping Cough | 1.39 | 2.44 | 2.39 | 1.70 | 4.09 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.10 |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | _ |
| Measles | 8.95 | 8.91 | 9.18 | 8.54 | 9.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.01 |
| Pneumonia | 0.80 | 0.91 | 0.65 | 0.55 | 0.72 |
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Erysipelas | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.19 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.04 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.03 |
A dash (—) signifies no notifications.