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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TOTAL CASKS NOTIFIED DURING 1923.
| Disease. | Under 1 | 1—2 | 2—3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10—15 | 15—20 | 20-35 | 35—45 | 45-65 | 65 and over | Total all ages | Cases admitted to Hosp. | Total Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 12 | 10 | 77 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | ... | ... | 170 | 143 | 2 | ||||
| Diphtheria | 9 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 56 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 3 | … | … | 160 | 152 | 4 | |||
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid & Paratyphoid) | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 1 | 1 | … | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Erysipelas | … | 1 | … | … | … | … | … | 1 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 32 | 10 | 3 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 1 | 2 | 2 | … | … | 3 | 5 | |||
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 1 | … | … | … | 1 | … | 1 | ||
| 11 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 11 | 5 | … | |||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 54 | 21 | 100 | |||
| Dysentery | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | ||
| Malaria | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 1 | … | … | … | 1 | … | |||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | … | 1 | … | 1 | … | … | … | 1 | … | … | … | … | 3 | 3 | … | ||
| Total | 15 | 18 | 27 | 30 | 26 | 139 | 54 | 36 | 36 | 26 | 28 | 5 | 440 | 116 | |||
| Tuberculosis:— | |||||||||||||||||
| (a) Pulmonary | M | … | … | … | … | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 51 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 124 | 148 | 76 | |
| … | … | … | … | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 44 | 17 | 9 | … | 96 | 91 | 53 | |||
| Total | … | … | … | … | 3 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 95 | 44 | 29 | 3 | 220 | 239 | 129 | ||
| (6) Non-Pulmonary | M | … | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | … | … | 44 | 26 | 17 | |
| F | … | … | … | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | … | 32 | 12 | 15 | ||
| Total | … | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | … | 76 | 38 | 32 | ||
* The eleven cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were visited and treated with no impairment of vision.
Notification of Tuberculosis is not completely satisfactory inasmuch that cases are frequently un-notified until the disease is well advanced.
In cases where death occurs in a non-notified case the attention of the Medical Practitioner is drawn to the fact and the explanation is usually satisfactory.
The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to total tuberculosis deaths was 1 to 5.