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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Table II.
Plaistow Fever Hospital. Admissions (Adm.) and deaths in 1937.
| Month. | Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid fever. | Measles. | Pneumonia. | Erysipelas. | Chicken-pox | Whooping cough. | Puerperal fever. | Other diseases. | All diseases | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adm. | D'ths | Adm. | D'ths | Adm. | D'ths | Adm. | D'ths | Adm. | D'ths | Adm. | D'ths | Adm. | D'ths | Adm. | D'ths | Adm. | D'ths | Adm. | D'ths | Adm. | D'ths | |
| January | 43 | — | 5 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 19 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 5 | — | — | — | 20 | — | 96 | 4 |
| February | 39 | — | 26 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 5 | — | 8 | — | 6 | 2 | — | — | 26 | 1 | 117 | 6 |
| March | 55 | — | 35 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6 | 2 | 5 | — | 4 | — | 8 | 1 | — | — | 17 | 1 | 113 | 5 |
| April | 74 | 1 | 30 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 2 | — | 5 | — | 13 | 4 | — | — | 24 | 1 | 155 | 9 |
| May | 34 | — | 34 | 2 | 1 | — | 6 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 6 | — | 9 | 3 | 1 | — | 19 | — | 114 | 5 |
| June | 37 | — | 30 | 4 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | — | 8 | — | — | 29 | 2 | 114 | 7 | ||
| July | 104 | — | 52 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 33 | — | 193 | 3 | |
| August | 58 | 1 | 29 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 18 | 1 | 113 | 2 |
| September | 90 | — | 62 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 20 | — | 180 | 1 | |
| October | 112 | — | 83 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 24 | — | 227 | 2 |
| November | 50 | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | — | 98 | — |
| December | 87 | — | 61 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | — | 6 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 24 | 2 | 193 | 4 |
| Whole year | 783 | 2 | 479 | 14 | 10 | — | 21 | 1 | 45 | 10 | 26 | — | 40 | — | 63 | 13 | 1 | — | 265 | 8 | 1733 | 48 |