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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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TYPHOID FEVER, AND PARATYPHOID FEVER. No cases of these diseases were notified during
the year.
PNEUMONIA. Acute Primary and Influenzal, One-hundred-and-fifty-seven cases were
notified during the year. Registered deaths from all forms of pneumonia totalled 104.
| Age Groups | Male | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5 years | 4 | |||
| 5-14 years | 1 | |||
| 15 - 44 years | - | - | ||
| 45 - 64 years | 15 | |||
| 65 - 74 years | ||||
| 75 and over | 25 | |||
| TOTAL: | 63 | |||
TUBERCULOSIS
NOTIFICATIONS. One hundred and fifteen new cases of tuberculosis (73 males and 42
females) were notified during 1957. a decrease of 4 cases on the previous year's figure of 119.
The age and sex distribution of the cases notified was as follows:-
| Age Groups | Respiratory | Non-respiratory | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| 0-4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| 5 - 14 | 1 | 4 | - | - | |
| 15 - 24 | 11 | 1 | |||
| 25-44 | 17 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 45-64 | 7 | ||||
| 10 | 3 | - | |||
| TOTALS: | 37 | 5 | 5 | ||
The following table shows the totals of primary notifications of tuberculosis among
children up to 5 years during the past 11 years.
PRIMARY NOTIFICATIONS OF CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS
(Children under
| Age | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | |
| 1 year | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2-4 years | 7 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| TOTALS: | 21 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 |