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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 8.-TOTAL CASES OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES, 1931-1955
| DISEASE | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 51 | 13 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Scarlet Fever | 245 | 779 | 701 | 979 | 411 | 359 | 387 | 287 | 196 | 77 | 68 | 210 |
| Diphtheria | 196 | 157 | 180 | 379 | 254 | 134 | 149 | 141 | 91 | 47 | 45 | 49 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 8 | 7 | 5 | - | 2 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 54 | 55 | 69 | 74 | 55 | 59 | 53 | 71 | 41 | 33 | 23 | 37 |
| Puerperal Fever | 10 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5+ | / | / | / | / | / |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 15 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 12 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Acute Polio Encephalitis | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 18 | - | - | - | |
| Malaria | - | 1 | ‡1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | Not Notifiable | 3 | 36 | 460 | 1,091 | |||||||
| Whooping Cough | Not Notifiable | - | 19 | 262 | 227 | |||||||
| Food Poisoning | Not Notifiable | |||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 75 | 77 | 148 | 100 | 88 | 101 | 111 | 85 | 59 | 42 | 33 | 37 |
| Tuberculosis | ||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 197 | 185 | 164 | 174 | 184 | 186 | 188 | 149 | 157 | 130 | 139 | 164 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 49 | 47 | 35 | 33 | 37 | 31 | 39 | 20 | 24 | 30 | 22 | 22 |
| Totals | 906 | 1,369 | 1,333 | 1,774 | 1,079 | 894 | 969 | 817 | 607 | 447 | 1,070 | 1,865 |
+ Notifiable as Puerperal Pyrexia as from 1/10/37
/ Notifiable as Puerperal Pyrexia
‡ 1 Induced in an Institution