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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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TABLE I.
| 1932 | Admissions. | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | Measles. | Pneumonia | Erysipelas. | Chicken-pox. | Puerperal Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Other Diseases. | Total. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | Measles. | Pneumonia | Erysipelas. | Chicken-pox. | Puerperal Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Other Diseases. | Total. | |
| January | 33 | 28 | ... | 5 | 22 | 3 | ... | ... | 9 | 24 | 124 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| February | 29 | 22 | ... | 33 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 24 | 129 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 9 |
| March | 37 | 24 | ... | 84 | 11 | 4 | ... | ... | 4 | 15 | 179 | ... | 1 | ... | 9 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| April | 39 | 19 | ... | 94 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | 9 | 23 | 191 | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| May | 33 | 14 | ... | 30 | 7 | 8 | ... | ... | 6 | 16 | 114 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| June | 33 | 26 | ... | 19 | 5 | 4 | ... | ... | 7 | 22 | 116 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| July | 47 | 20 | ... | 13 | 18 | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | 24 | 130 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| August | 39 | 27 | ... | 3 | 12 | 3 | ... | ... | 9 | 28 | 121 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| September | 75 | 23 | ... | 1 | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | 13 | 22 | 142 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| October | 82 | 31 | ... | ... | 12 | 4 | ... | ... | 16 | 48 | 193 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 12 | |
| November | 52 | 20 | ... | ... | 48 | 7 | ... | ... | 12 | 26 | 165 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| December | 91 | 39 | ... | ... | 54 | 5 | ... | ... | 18 | 54 | 261 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 10 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| Totals | 590 | 293 | ... | 282 | 214 | 42 | ... | ... | 118 | 326 | 1,865 | 2 | 9 | ... | 33 | 37 | 4 | ... | ... | 14 | 29 | 128 |