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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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TABLE I.
| 1935 | Admissions. | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Paratyphoid. | Measles. | Pneumonia. | Erysipelas. | Chicken-pox. | Puerperal Pyrexia. | Whooping Cough. | Other Diseases. | Total. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Paratyphoid. | Measles. | Pneumonia. | Erysipelas. | Chicken-pox. | Puerperal Pyn xia. | Whooping Cough. | Other Diseases. | Total. | |
| January | 43 | 58 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 6 | 109 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 |
| February | 66 | 81 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 11 | 160 | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 |
| March | 53 | 97 | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 16 | 172 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 |
| April | 48 | 70 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 14 | 135 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 7 |
| May | 55 | 75 | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 17 | 154 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
| June | 50 | 36 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 11 | 108 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
| July | 49 | 28 | ... | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | 27 | 117 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
| August | 58 | 58 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 26 | 154 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 |
| September | 56 | 30 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 5 | 20 | 116 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 |
| October | 103 | 81 | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 27 | 218 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
| November | 52 | 43 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 11 | 113 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| December | 69 | 65 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 23 | 164 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 702 | 722 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 10 | 7 | ... | 30 | 209 | 1,720 | 4 | 35 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 10 | 66 |