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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 1918

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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Table: CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1918.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1918.

Notifiable Disease.Number of Cases Notified.Total Cases Notified in Each Ward.Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
At all a g63.Under 1 year.I and under 5 years.5 and undtr 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 and upwards.Beckton and North Woolwich Ward.Central Ward East.Central Ward West.Manor Park Ward.Plashet Ward East.Placet Ward West.
Srqall Pox3.........12...1.........2...3
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup).2731701642810......324366632346251
Erysipelas52...15218215861417343
Scarlet Fever2722481921812......496048463831237
Typhus Fever.............................................
Enteric Fever2...1............1......1...1...1
Relapsing Fever.............................................
Continued Fever.............................................
Puerperal Fever1............1.........1...............
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis3...12...............2...1......1
Poliomyelitis.............................................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1111..................22...3...41
Pulmonary Tuberculosis277172465124506345069473542104
Other forms of Tuberculosis60115201761...7171283137
Measles140433636724641...2442373242128330442
German Measles11542077941...25283313881
Totals24735379912081451807612402446706567410196651