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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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TABLE I.
| 1936 | Admissions. | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Paratyphoid. | Typhoid. | Measles. | Pneumonia. | Erysipelas. | Chicken-pox. | Puerperal Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Other Diseases. | Total. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Measles. | Pneumonia. | Erysipelas. | Chicken-pox. | Puerperal Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Other Diseases. | Total. | |
| January | 42 | 44 | ... | ... | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 6 | 103 | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 |
| February | 39 | 58 | ... | ... | 10 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 8 | 121 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| March | 33 | 52 | ... | ... | 33 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 4 | 129 | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 |
| April | 31 | 34 | ... | ... | 64 | 3 | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | 14 | 152 | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 7 |
| May | 30 | 29 | 1 | ... | 32 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 5 | 9 | 110 | ... | 2 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 |
| June | 34 | 22 | ... | ... | 50 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 5 | 7 | 123 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| July | 52 | 39 | 1 | ... | 26 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | 18 | 142 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 6 |
| August | 41 | 18 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 8 | 74 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| September | 37 | 28 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 11 | 83 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| October | 55 | 66 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | 2 | ... | 1 | 22 | 154 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| November | 42 | 38 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | 14 | 99 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| December | 80 | 41 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 38 | 177 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 |
| Totals | 522 | 169 | 2 | 1 | 223 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 24 | 159 | 1,467 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | 54 |