Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the North District, comprising the Parish of St. Mary Stratford-le-Bow
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The annual table showing the number of new cases of sickness
coming to my knowledge during each week of the year deserves a
brief perusal. The notifications as a whole show a great reduction
on the previous year. In the 13th week a record was established,
not a single case being reported; in the 18th there was only one of
diphtheria; and in the 21st only two, erysipelas and diphtheria;
precisely the same return was made in the 47th week; in nine weeks
there were three cases only each week, and the highest number in
any one week was thirteen, which happened on two occasions, the
14th and 44th weeks; in the first of these there were eight cases of
scarlet fever, and in the second cases there were four scarlet fever
and four typhoid. This is in many respects a remarkable return.
The following Table shows the health conditions of Bow, as compared
with those of London at various periods during the year.
TABLE V.
Date of Report. | No. of weeks covered. | Bow Annual Death-rate | London Annual Death-rate | Bow Zymotic Death-rate. | London Zymotic Death-rate. | No. of Zymotic Deaths in Bow. | No. of Notifica tions. | Annual Rate of Notification. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan. 27 | 5 | 28.7 | 23.0 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 22 | 33 | 8.1 |
Feb. 24 | 4 | 28.1 | 21.4 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 19 | 19 | 5.9 |
Mar. 24 | 4 | 21.4 | 21.4 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 14 | 20 | 6.2 |
Apl. 28 | 5 | 17.9 | 19.8 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 16 | 26 | 6.6 |
May 26 | 5 | 19.0 | 16.3 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 6 | 10 | 3.0 |
June 23 | 4 | 17.5 | 15.5 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 3 | 15 | 4.6 |
July 28 | 5 | 17.3 | 14.5 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 9 | 21 | 5.1 |
Sept. 8 | 6 | 23.8 | 20.4 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 29 | 28 | 5.5 |
„ 22 | 2 | 38.9 | 22.2 | 8.2 | 5.8 | 15 | 11 | 6.8 |
Oct. 28 | 5 | 18.2 | 19.1 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 12 | 33 | 8.1 |
Nov. 24 | 4 | 13.5 | 16.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 5 | 34 | 10.4 |
Dec. 22 | 4 | 17.2 | 17.0 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 4 | 22 | 6.8 |