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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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year.
Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.
Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases notified. | Total | Cases notified in each Locality. | Total cases removed to Hospital | |||||||||
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At all Ages | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | Lime-house | St. George's | Mile End | Whitechapel | |||
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 956 | 33 | 340 | 466 | 75 | 35 | 7 | ... | 197 | 146 | 452 | 161 | 951 |
Erysipelas | 132 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 45 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 58 | 43 | 32 |
Scarlet Fever | 1996 | 22 | 561 | 1245 | 117 | 49 | 2 | ... | 299 | 390 | 768 | 539 | 1970 |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric Fever | 20 | ... | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ... | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Fever | 21 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 14 | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 |
Cerebro - spinal Meningitis | 6 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 6 |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Polioencephalitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 42 | 42 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 11 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 573 | 1 | 9 | 83 | 103 | 234 | 130 | 13 | 110 | 98 | 244 | 121 | 377 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 110 | 3 | 28 | 69 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 23 | 55 | 24 | 63 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 17 | ... | ... | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
Total | 3905 | 112 | 946 | 1886 | 349 | 382 | 201 | 29 | 681 | 690 | 1623 | 911 | 3462 |
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