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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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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 | ||