Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
Infectious Diseases
Table showing Cases of Infectious Disease Notified and Confirmed, 1957
Diseases | All Age Groups | Ages | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1956 | 1957 | Under 1 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | 25 & over | |
Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Diphtheria | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Erysipelas | 22 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 |
Scarlet Fever | 97 | 247 | 2 | 17 | 59 | 147 | 20 | 2 | - |
Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Paratyphoid Fever | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Acute Poliomyelitis: | |||||||||
(Paralytic) | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - |
(Non-Paralytic) | 9 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Malaria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dysentery | 285 | 45 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 3 | |
Acute Pneumonia | 84 | 147 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 114 |
Tuberculosis: | |||||||||
Respiratory | 119 | 105 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | 18 | 78 |
Meninges | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Other | 9 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 19 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | |
Measles | 550 | 2,328 | 88 | 527 | 642 | 1,036 | 24 | 5 | 6 |
Whooping Cough | 239 | 67 | 48 | 97 | 8 | - | 1 | ||
Food Poisoning- | 14 | 15 | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Leprosy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Meningococcal | |||||||||
Infection | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
Acute Encephalitis: | |||||||||
Infective | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
(Post Infectious) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
TOTALS: | 1,490 | 3,188 | 119 | 625 | 1,330 | 55 | 239 |