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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
Stepney 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| Improper feeding | 16 |
| Inanition | 8 |
| Teething | 2 |
| Rickets | 1 |
| Marasmus | 5 |
| Measles | 7 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 |
| Convulsions | 59 |
| Overlain in bed by parents | 43 |
| Affecting Pregnancy and Lying-in:— | |
| Accidents and Diseases of Childbirth, including Puerperal Fever | 13 |
| Criminal Abortion | 1 |
| Senility | 5 |
| Malnutrition and Starvation | 6 |
| Over-eating | 4 |
| General Palsy of the Insane | 1 |
| Cerebral Softening | 1 |
| Septic Meningitis | 5 |
| Lardaceous Disease | 1 |
| Urinary Diseases | 1 |
| Diabetes | 1 |
| Pernicious Anaemia | 1 |
| Bleeding from nose (Hcemophilia) | 1 |
| Bleeding from varicose vein in leg | 1 |
Small Pox.
From September, 1901, to October, 1902, 1,410 cases of Small Pox occurred in
the Borough, of which 283 proved fatal.
No other case occurred from October 14th, 1902, to January 29th, 1903, when
two men were removed from 41, Commercial Street, a common lodging house. They
were Guy Sutton, aged 29, and Richard Timmins, aged 33. The former had never
been vaccinated and the latter was vaccinated in infancy only. One other person
was removed from this address, Wm. Wood, aged 49, who was taken ill on February
loth and removed to the hospital on February 17th. He was vaccinated in infancy.