London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
East Ham 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR PAST 10 YEARS.
| 1905 | 1900 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of cases notified | 1437 | 1230 | 1617 | 1634 | 966 | 600 | 694 | 684 | 945 | 1173 |
| Attack rate per 1,000 of population | 11.9 | 9.4 | 11.8 | 11.4 | 7.6 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 8.0 |
| Notifiable Diseases. | Cases notified. | Deaths. | Attack rate per 1,000 Population | Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | ||||||
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 677 | 7 | 4.6 | 0.05 | ||||||
| Diphtheria | 319 | 27 | 2.1 | 0.18 | ||||||
| Enteric Fever | 21 | 5 | 0.1 | 0.03 | ||||||
| Puerperal Fever . | 4 | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
| Erysipelas | 130 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.01 | ||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum . | 17 | 0.1 | ... | |||||||
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| Total | 1173 | 43 | 8.0 | 0.29 | ||||||