Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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TABLE II.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1912.
Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.
Notifiable Disease. | At all Ages. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each locality. | |||||||||||||
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At Ages—Years. | 1- | 2. | 3. | 4. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Limehouse. | St. George's | Mile End. | Whitechapel. | Limehouse. | St. George's. | Mile End. | Whitechapel. | |||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 340 | 22 | 174 | 112 | 15 | 16 | 1 | .. | 78 | 63 | 106 | 93 | 72 | 63 | 101 | 93 | 329 |
Erysipelas | 346 | 18 | 24 | 37 | 32 | 95 | 100 | 40 | 71 | 43 | 131 | 101 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 31 | 73 |
Scarlet fever | 893 | 15 | 342 | 494 | 25 | 17 | .. | .. | 173 | 122 | 400 | 198 | 161 | 120 | 382 | 192 | 855 |
Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | c • |
Enteric fever | 51 | .. | 1 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 4 | .. | 9 | 9 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 44 |
Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued fever | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Puerperal fever | 32 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 19 | 1 | .. | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 30 |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro-spinal fever | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 2678 | 6 | 49 | 379 | 367 | 1311 | 495 | 71 | 459 | 427 | 938 | 854 | 130 | 98 | 174 | 188 | 590 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 47 | 47 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26 | 3 | 11 | 7 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 5 |
Polio-Myelitis | 12 | 2 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
Totals | 4411 | 112 | 603 | 1043 | 464 | 1477 | 601 | 111 | 828 | 677 | 1626 | 1280 | 391 | 308 | 710 | 533 | 1942 |
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