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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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TABLE 13-TOTAL CASES OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES, 1930 - 1954
| DISEASE | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 70 | 51 | 13 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 484 | 245 | 779 | 701 | 979 | 411 | 359 | 387 | 287 | 196 | 77 | 68 | 210 | 271 | 132 | 153 | 193 | 179 | 222 | 289 | 270 | 203 | 343 | 245 | 172 |
| Diphtheria | 473 | 196 | 157 | 180 | 379 | 254 | 134 | 149 | 141 | 91 | 47 | 45 | 49 | 59 | 33 | 31 | 19 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | - | 2 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | l | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Erysipelas | 63 | 54 | 55 | 69 | 74 | 55 | 59 | 53 | 71 | 41 | 33 | 23 | 37 | 28 | 18 | 14 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
| Puerperal Fever | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5+ | |||||||||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 14 | 6 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 7 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| Acute Polio Encephalitis | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | - | 1 | 10 | 321 | 3 | 285 | 41 |
| Malaria | - | - | 1 | 1‡ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1‡ | 3a | - | - | - | - | - | - | lb | - |
| Measles | Not Notifiable | 3 | 36 | 460 | 1,091 | 971 | 258 | 1,498 | 815 | 964 | 1,559 | 1,098 | 988 | 2,198 | 1,883 | 960 | 30 | ||||||||
| Whooping Cough | Not Notifiable | - | 19 | 262 | 227 | 241 | 293 | 67 | 258 | 430 | 578 | 498 | 1,027 | 625 | 361 | 554 | 117 | ||||||||
| Food Poisoning | Not Notifiable | 4 | 5 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 59 | 75 | 77 | 148 | 100 | 88 | 101 | 111 | 85 | 59 | 42 | 33 | 37 | 72 | 50 | 55 | 97 | 143 | 111 | 88 | 41 | 58 | 61 | 70 | 45 |
| Tuberculosis- Pulmonary | 165 | 197 | 185 | 164 | 174 | 184 | 186 | 188 | 149 | 157 | 130 | 139 | 164 | 200 | 156 | 205 | 194 | 211 | 211 | 148 | 142 | 117 | 101 | 126 | 127 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 38 | 49 | 47 | 35 | 33 | 37 | 31 | 39 | 20 | 24 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
| Totals | 1,387 | 906 | 1,369 | 1,333 | 1,774 | 1,079 | 894 | 969 | 817 | 607 | 447 | 1,070 | 3,865 | 1,834 | 975 | 2,053 | 1,635 | 2,040 | 2,754 | 2,188 | 2,538 | 3,592 | 2,315 | 2,295 | 575 |
+Notifiable as Puerperal Pyrexia as from 1/10/37.
†Notifiable as Puerperal Pyrexia
a 1 Induced for therapeutic purposes: 2 Contracted abroad,
b Contracted abroad
‡1 Induced in an Institution