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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 III. (continued).
Plaistow Fever Hospital; Admissions (adm.) and deaths (d'ths) since 1896.
| Year. | Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid fever. | Measles. | Pneumonia | Whooping cough. | Erysipelas | 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 | |
| 1921 | 1,119 | 10 | 560 | 32 | 7 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21 | 1 1 | 1710 | 55 |
| 1922 | 592 | 8 | 611 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 15 | ... | 5 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 1 | ... | 23 | 9 | 1271 | 63 |
| 1923 | 412 | 7 | 671 | 23 | 10 | ... | 33 | ... | 12 | 6 | ... | ... | 10 | ... | 34 | 7 | 1182 | 43 |
| 1924 | 317 | 4 | 713 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 100 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 44 | 15 | 8 | ... | 137 | 7 | 1345 | 80 |
| 1925 | 412 | 4 | 719 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 81 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 150 | 9 | 1427 | 49 |
| 1926 | 899 | 6 | 647 | 13 | 7 | ... | 85 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 189 | 11 | 1872 | 56 |
| 1927 | 1250 | 3 | 816 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 5 | ... | 96 | 7 | 2228 | 57 |
| 192s | 916 | 3 | 901 | 29 | 7 | ... | 60 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 122 | 9 | 2052 | 58 |
| 1929 | 983 | 5 | 741 | 33 | 4 | ... | 20 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 150 | 4 | 1949 | 59 |
| 1930 | 670 | 1 | 719 | 24 | 5 | ... | 86 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 133 | 9 | 1650 | 52 |
| 1931 | 540 | 4 | 327 | 10 | ... | ... | 33 | 2 | 62 | 12 | 108 | 13 | 51 | 8 | 222 | 14 | 1343 | 63 |
| 1932 | 590 | 2 | 293 | 9 | ... | ... | 282 | 33 | 214 | 37 | 118 | 14 | 42 | 4 | 326 | 29 | 1865 | 128 |
| 1933 | 913 | 6 | 535 | 49 | ... | ... | 9 | ... | 54 | 17 | 44 | 11 | 52 | ... | 207 | 19 | 1814 | 105 |
| 1934 | 798 | 9 | 777 | 37 | ... | ... | 76 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 174 | 10 | 1864 | 75 |
| 1935 | 702 | 4 | 722 | 35 | ... | ... | 34 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 2 | ... | ... | 217 | 10 | 1720 | 56 |
| 1936 | 522 | 3 | 469 | 14 | 3 | ... | 223 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 182 | 4 | 1467 | 54 |
| 1937 | 797 | 2 | 479 | 14 | 10 | ... | 21 | 1 | 45 | 10 | 63 | 13 | 26 | ... | 292 | 8 | 1733 | 48 |
| Totals | 24461 | 401 | 20109 | 1695 | 1215 | 206 | 1207 | 144 | 588 | 131 | 538 | 105 | 304 | 23 | 2724 | 185 | 51146 | 2890 |
| Fatality per cent. | 1.64 | 8.43 | 16.95 | 11.93 | 22.28 | 19.52 | 7.57 | 6.7 | 5.65 | |||||||||