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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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Table: CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1919.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1919.

Notifiable Disease.Number ok Cases Notikied.Ti-.tal Cases Notified in-Each Ward.Total. Cases Removed to Hospital.
At all Ages.under 1 year.1 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.Plashet Ward West.
Small Pox1............1..............1......1
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup).45139030634171...7861761033895410
Erysipelas72213920343913181291113
Scarlet Fever5306843764420......11378114915579403
Typhus Fever.............................................
Enteric Fever15...21282...56...31...15
Relapsing Fever.............................................
Continued Fever1............1.....................1...
Puerperal Fever6............15...21...3......5
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis3...11...1.........1...1...12
Poliomyelitis3...11...1......1......1...12
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1313..................2242212
Encephalitis Lethargica4......112......2.........112
Pulmonary Tuberculosis258...52765125324284864483040135
Other forms of Tuberculosis74...83217116...812201861020
Measles15384159288997......17632823442922115021
German Measles134139931.........68392.51...1...
Totals31036682317301822158074925895557133633911031