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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 1929

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

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Table: Table II. shows the annual admissions and deaths from the principal diseases since the Hospital was opened.

Table II. shows the annual admissions and deaths from the principal diseases since the Hospital was opened.

1929Admissions.Deaths.
Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Measles.PneumoniaErysipelas.Chicken-pox.Puerperal Fever.Whooping Cough.Other Diseases.Total.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Measles.PneumoniaErysipelas.Chicken-pox.Puerperal Fever.Whooping Cough.Other Diseases.Total.
January5853……2………36122…2……1………3…6
February6567…131………714416……1………1…9
March8170……12……621181…5……2………1…8
April6052……1………22313832………………117
May9144…221……124165…4……………………4
June5038………1……117107…1…………………12
July5938…111………12112…1………1………13
August7353…111………10139…1…………………12
September9675…232………9187………1………………1
October149112…22………215282…5……1………2…8
November9149…223……1114914………………1…6
December11090…913……19223…2…1………………3
Totals983741…201915……171541,949533…251……9459