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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 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Diphtheria.
451 cases of this disease were notified with 29 deaths.
273 cases were notified in 1918 with 18 deaths.
410 cases were removed to the Isolation Hospital.
Enteric Fever.
Fifteen cases of Enteric (Typhoid) Fever were notified, with
3 deaths.
Erysipelas.
72 cases of Erysipelas were notified as against 52 cases in
1918.
There were two deaths.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
During the year 13 cases were notified.
Puerperal Fever.
Six cases of this disease were notified as against one case in
1918.
Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
Three cases of this disease (commonly known as Spotted Fever)
were notified, all of which proved fatal.
Acute Polio-Myelitis.
Three cases were notified.
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica.
Four cases notified, with four deaths.
Typhus Fever.
No case was notified.
Measles and German Measles.
1,672 cases were notified, with 12 deaths.