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West Ham 1937

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

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Table 1.

Weekly and quarterly notifications of infectious diseases.

WeekSmallpoxScarlet feverDiphtheriaEnteric feversPuerperal feverPuerperal pyrexiaAcute pneumoniaErysipelasCerebrospinal feverOphthalmia neonatorumPoliomycl. & polioencephEncephalitis lethararicaDysenteryTuberculosisMeasles (1)Whooping cough (2)
PulmonaryOther
l-176--3233-62
2115136317
39722274-----83
413211162-----74
514V96161
6-8921461141
711813472
81081381132
9101014261
1017111126171
11267392184
1219811281
13158314431
1st qr.180965320167433228023
1467127215
15176-441193
1620382112
1715528353
1815715181
198112731151
20118242152
21910345111104
2264271102
231167372
241072321184
252461371383
2625122-252--1-11
2nd qr.1779231187229359-19228
27-2611962131
282614313-----81
292613531
3030924313
31183144191
321561114151
33149151
34972453
35321814317
363319114212
37-42191-2413
38391054531
39481944619
3rd qr.3581573224438176510
403614*-132181
41311/3265-----81
4237131243-----3
4337153912
44318116273
452512212116
46261063172
47301426261
4833144251
4921128615-
5021524104
511512264.—4
5216121861------
4th qr.359158415715724216411
Whole year-10745031547535416781020430172
*Puerperal fever ceased to be notifiable on 3rd October, 1937. (1), (2). These diseases were not notifiable during 1937.