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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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DYSENTERY. One-hundred-and-thirty-eight cases of dysentery were reported during the year. This compares with 45 in 1957 an d 2 83 in 1956. The age and sex incidence of the cases notified was as follows
| Age | QUARTER ENDED | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | June | September | December | Total | ||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 5 years | - | 6 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 16 |
| 5-14 years | 14 | 10 | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 43 | 31 |
| 15 - 24 years | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 25 years & over | 1 | 5 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 22 |
| Totals: | 15 | 21 | - | 3 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 43 | 65 | 73 |
FOOD POISONING, Thirty cases of food poisoning were notified during the year, twentytwo
of these cases were associated with seven outbreaks.
Annual Return of Food Poisoning Notifications for the year 1958
Food Poisoning Notifications (Corrected)
1. 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter
Jan/March April/June July/September Oct/December TOTAL
2 6 19 3 30
2. Outbreaks due to Identified Agents
Total Outbreaks Total Cases (Salmonella Typhi-Murium 19
7 22 ( Bovis-morbificians 1
(Staphylococcal Toxin 2
22
3. Outbreaks of undiscovered Cause
Total Outbreaks Total Cases
4. Single Cases
Agents Identified Unknown Cause
7 1
(Salmonella Organisms)
TYPHOID FEVER AND PARATYPHOID FEVER. No cases of these diseases were notified during
the year.
PNEUMONIA. Acute Primary and Influenzal. Eighty-eight cases were notified during
the year.
TUBERCULOSIS.
(a) NOTIFICATIONS. One hundred and nine new cases of tuberculosis (70 males and 39
females) were notified during 1958, a decrease of 6 cases on the previous yea:?es figure of
115.
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