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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (Other than T.B.).
The following table shows the number of cases of notifiable diseases occurring during the year 1928, 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 | 64 | 65 | |
| Diphtheria | 1049 | 913 | 79 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1513 | 923 | 5 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 20 | 13 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 27 | 17 | 6 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 589 | 130 | 312 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 3 | 2 | 6* |
| Acute Polio Myelitis | 1 | 1 | |
| Acute Polio Encephalitis | 3 | 2 | ... |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | 1 | 5* |
| Erysipelas | 200 | 30 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 34 | 9 | ... |
| Malaria | 6 | ... | |
| Continued Fever | ... | ||
| Dysentery | 1 | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 94 | 46 | ... |
* Includes unnotified cases.
A special report upon the incidence of infectious diseases
which was submitted to the Council during- the early part of the
year and is set out in Appendix II of this report.
Scarlet Fever (Return Cases).
Cases occurring 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 923 admitted to Hospital, 22,
or 2.3 per cent., were associated with recurrent infection in this
way. (See also report of Medical Superintendent of Plaistow
Fever Hospital, pages 82-88.)
Laboratory Work.
Bacteriological Work is carried out at the various Municipal
Institutions.
At Plaistow Fever Hospital, in addition to the routine bacteriological
work of the Hospital, any medical practitioner may
have a bacteriological report upon any case of suspected
diphtheria, typhoid or cerebral-spinal fever.
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