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East Ham 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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There were no deaths from the seven principal zymotic diseases (Smallpox,
Whooping Cough, Measles,Diphtheria, Diarrhoea, Scarlet Fever and Enteric
Fever), as compared with one death for the previous year and 4 for 1950.
The zymotic death rate for 1951 was 0.008 per 1,000 population.
No cases of smallpox were reported
In the following table the notification rates for 1952 per 1,.000
population are show:-
TABLE 6.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES - NOTIFICATION RATES.
| Notifications | England and Wales | 160 County Boroughs & Great Towns including London | 160 Smaller Towns Resident Population 25,000-50,000 at 1951 Census | London Adm. County | EAST HAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.53 | 1.75 | 1.58 | l.56 | 2.85 |
| Whooping Cough | 2.61 | 2.74 | 2.57 | 1.66 | 3.00 |
| Diphtheria. | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.13 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | — |
| Measles | 8.86 | 10.11 | 8.49 | 9.23 | 15.69 |
| Pneumonia. | 0.72 | 0.80 | 0.62 | 0.57 | 0.50 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) Paralytic | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
| Food Poisoning. | 0.13 | 0.l6 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.06 |
| +Puerperal Pyrexia | 17.87 | 23.94 | 10.22 | 30.77 | 4.27 |
+ Per 1,000 total (Live and Still) Births.
The notif icat ion rate per 1,000 of the population for all forms of
tuberculosis was 0.95, that for 1951 being 1.10 The deaths from all forms
of tuberculosis totalled 28, giving a death rate of 0.23 per 1,000 papulation
as against 0.29 in 1951.