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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| Disease. | Reported cases. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000. | Average death-rate 5 years 1908-1912. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diarrhoea | — | 383 | 1.28 | 0.90 |
| Measles | 472 | 73 | 0.24 | 0.69 |
| Whooping Cough | 265 | 51 | 0.17 | 0.36 |
| Chicken-pox | 447 | — | — | — |
| Mumps | 638 | — | — | — |
| Ringworm | 162 | — | — | — |
| Epidemic Influenza | — | 58 | 0.16 | 0.13 |
Small.pox.—There were no cases of this disease notified during
1913, either in West Ham or the surrounding Districts, contributing
to the Agreement for the upkeep of Dagenham Small-Pox Hospital,
which, of course, is used by the Council as their temporary Sanatorium.
Consequently, it did not become necessary for the Council
to avail themselves of the contingent accommodation provided by the
Metropolitan Asylums Board.
The Leyton Authorities during the year applied to re-enter the
Agreement with the other Authorities, but the West Ham Council
deciding that they would have to pay off arrears according to the
scale of the Agreement, they (the Leyton Authorities) decided to
proceed no further in the matter.
Acute Polio-myelitis and Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
The Order making these diseases notifiable only came into
operation on April 3rd, 1912. During the year 1913 eleven cases