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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 OP NOTIFIABLE DISEASES 1931-1955 continued.
| DISEASE | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 271 | 132 | 153 | 193 | 179 | 222 | 289 | 270 | 203 | 343 | 245 | 172 | 32 |
| Diphtheria | 59 | 33 | 31 | 19 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 28 | 18 | 14 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 11 |
| Puerperal Fever | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 9 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Encephalitis Lethergica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | 1 | - | 7 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Acute Polio Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Dysentery | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | - | 1 | 10 | 321 | 3 | 285 | 41 | 11 |
| Malaria | - | - | ‡1 | 3a | - | - | - | - | - | - | lb | - | - |
| Measles | 971 | 258 | 1,498 | 815 | 964 | 1,559 | 1,098 | 988 | 2,198 | 1,883 | 960 | 30 | 2,240 |
| Whooping Cough | 241 | 293 | 67 | 258 | 430 | 578 | 498 | 1,027 | 625 | 361 | 554 | 117 | 208 |
| Food Poisoning | Not Notifiable | 4 | 5 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | |||||
| Pneumonia | 72 | 50 | 55 | 97 | 143 | 111 | 88 | 41 | 58 | 61 | 70 | 45 | 60 |
| Tuberculosis | |||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 200 | 156 | 205 | 194 | 211 | 211 | 148 | 142 | 117 | 101 | 126 | 127 | 110 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 23 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 5 |
| Totals | 1,834 | 975 | 2,053 | 1,635 | 2,040 | 2,754 | 2,188 | 2,538 | 3,592 | 2,815 | 2,295 | 576 | 2,721 |
/ ,Notifiable as Puerperal Pyrexia
‡ 1 Induced in an Institution
(a) l Induced for therapeutic purposes; 2 contracted abroad
(b) Contracted abroad