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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

West Ham 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Disinfection.

Table: The following return sets out the diseases for which disinfection took place during 1925: —

The following return sets out the diseases for which disinfection took place during 1925: —

Disease.North.South.Totals.
Scarlet Fever254290544
Diphtheria356547903
Enteric Fever7815
Puerperal Fever235
Phthisis383371754
Encephalitis Lethargica15823
Cerebro-Spinal Fever235
Erysipelas6511
Pneumonia and Measles15318
Cancer191231
Schools (Classrooms)99122221
General Infection433073
Disinfestation7147118
Total2,721

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Plaistow Hospital for Infectious Diseases.
Annual Report for 1925
The total number of cases treated in the Hospital during
1925 showed an increase of 95 over the number treated in the
previous year. The type of disease, however, was, on the
average, milder. The total deaths during the year numbered
49 as compared with 80 in 1924.
There was a slight increase in the number of admissions
from Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, but the type of disease
in each case remained mild. Measles and Whooping Cough
were not so prevalent or severe as in 1924; the deaths from
these two diseases were 14 as compared with 34 in the
previous year. The incidence of Typhoid Fever remained
low.