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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
West Ham 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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the case of the latter, however, the reported cases are necessarily.
inexact, as the numbers are chiefly obtained from the School Attendance
Officers, who are unable in many cases to verify by medical
certificate the nature of the illness alleged to be the cause of absence
from School.
Notifiable Epidemic Diseases.
| Disease. | Notified Cases. | Deaths. | Attack. rate per 1,000. | Death. rate per 1,000. | Average Attack. rate 10 years 1899. 1908. | Average Death. rate 10 years 1899. 1908. | Percentage of Deaths to Attacks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small.pox | - | - | - | - | 0.31 | 0.04 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 1,618 | 54 | 5.19 | 0.17 | 4.15 | 0.11 | 3% |
| Diphtheria | 472 | 45 | 1.51 | 0.14 | 2.96 | 0.37 | 9% |
| Enteric Fever | 68 | 8 | 0.21 | 0.02 | 1.12 | 0.18 | 11% |
| Puerperal Fever | 10 | 3 | 0.03 | 0.009 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 30% |
| Erysipelas | 256 | 6 | 0.82 | 0.01 | 0.83 | 004 | 2% |
Non.Notifiable Epidemic Diseases.
| Disease. | Reported cases. | Deaths. | Death.rate per 1,000. | Average death.rate 10 years 1899.1908. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diarrhcea | - | 172 | 0.55 | 1.56 |
| Measles | 1,082 | 217 | 0.69 | 0.55 |
| Whooping Cough | 309 | 184 | 0.59 | 0.43 |
| Chicken.pox | 312 | - | - | - |
| Mumps | 45 | - | - | - |
| Ringworm | 6 | - | - | |
| Epidemic Influenza | - | 46 | 0.14 | 0.14 |