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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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| 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 Liford | Wood-grange | Plashet | Kensington | Castle | Central | Wall End | Greatfleld | South | ||||||||||||
| At all ages | Under 1 | 1 to 4 | 5 to 9 | 10 to 14 | 15 to 24 | 25 to 34 | 35 to 44 | 45 to 64 | 65 and up | |||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 172 | - | 47 | 113 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 18 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 25 | 65 | - |
| Diphtheria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Erysipelas | 14 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | l | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pneumonia | 45 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 49 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Dysentery | 41 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | - | 6 | 9 | 4 | - | l | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 8 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | l | - | 3 | - | l | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - |
| Measles | 30 | 16 | 13 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 9 | l | 1 | l | 2 | - | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 117 | 9 | 45 | 58 | - | - | 4 | l | - | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 34 | - | 6 | 3 | - | |