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West Ham 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Prevalance of, and Control over, Infectious Diseases.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (Other than T.B.)
The following table shows the number of cases of notifiable diseases occurring during the year 1926, together with the number removed to hospitals and the total number of deaths from each disease.
| Diseases. | Cases Notified. | Removed to Hospital. | Total Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | . . | . . | . . |
| Diphtheria | 698 | 669 | 13 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1311 | 934 | 7 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 18 | 16 | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | 20 | 13 | 9 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 530 | 181 | 328 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Acute Polio Myelitis | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Acute Polio Encephalitis | . . | . . | . . |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 13 | 6 | 8 |
| Erysipelas Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 213 | 41 | 5 |
| 30 | 3 | . . | |
| Malaria | 5 | . . | . . |
| Continued Fever | 1 | 1 | . . |
| Dysentery | 4 | 2 | . . |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 28 | 5 | . . |
Scarlet Fever (Return Cases).
Cases ocurring within the outside margin of one month of
the discharge of a case from Hospital to the same house were
regarded as "Return Cases." Of 899 admitted to Hospital
26 or 2.89 percent. were associated with recurrent infection
in this way (see also report of Medical Superintendent of
Plaistow Fever Hospital (pages 65-73).
Special Diseases Report 1926.
Cerebrospinal Fever.
During the year three cases of Cerebro-Spinal Fever were
notified, but in one case the diagnosis was not confirmed, the
patient (a man of 30 years of age) being later reported as
suffering from "Cervical Abscess."
Both the other cases (a boy of 12 years and a boy of seven
months) died. A further case, a girl of 20 years, who had not
been diagnosed previously, was notified after death as the
result of a post-mortem examination.
All these cases died in Hospital.