Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1920.
Notifiable Disease.
Number of Cases Notified.
Total Cases Notified in
Each Ward.
Total Cases
Removed
to Hospital.
At all Ages.
Under
1 year.
1 and under
5 years.
5 and und r
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 Pox
10
...
...
1
2
5
2
...
4
1
4
1
...
...
10
Diphtheria (including Membranous
Croup).
426
2
104
288
16
13
3
...
67
65
111
97
50
36
380
Erysipelas
72
1
1
3
5
25
29
8
9
10
22
14
8
9
10
Scarlet Fever
718
1
92
521
71
30
3
...
78
145
142
148
98
107
365
Typhus Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Enteric Fever
10
...
1
5
1
2
1
...
4
...
2
1
1
2
8
Relapsing Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Continued Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Puerperal Fever
6
...
...
...
1
5
...
...
...
...
...
5
1
...
4
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis
3
2
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
1
2
Poliomyelitis
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
30
30
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
4
6
10
4
2
3
Encephalitis Lethargica
5
...
...
...
...
4
1
...
2
...
2
...
...
1
2
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
242
2
1
10
60
131
38
...
32
56
40
52
31
31
192
Other forms of Tuberculosis
68
4
11
28
9
12
4
...
4
14
16
17
7
10
21
Totals
1591
42
211
856
166
227
81
8
204
296
347
345
200
199
997