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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, 1931.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases notified. | Total Cases notified in Each Locality. | Total cases removed to Hospital | Total Deaths. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | ||||||||||||||
| At all Ages | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upward | Limehouse | St. Georges | Mile End | Whitechapel | |||
| Small-pox | 349 | 2 | 30 | 151 | 67 | 54 | 36 | 9 | 181 | 27 | 140 | 1 | 349 | 2 |
| Chicken Pox | 1795 | 98 | 656 | 992 | 45 | 4 | — | — | 359 | 453 | 671 | 312 | 270 | — |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 591 | 21 | 258 | 238 | 54 | 17 | 3 | — | 164 | 112 | 213 | 102 | 582 | 17 |
| Erysipelas | 239 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 25 | 53 | 91 | 25 | 45 | 36 | 95 | 63 | 155 | 13 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1206 | 3 | 376 | 726 | 68 | 31 | 2 | — | 272 | 270 | 402 | 262 | 1201 | 5 |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 5 | — |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 35 | — | — | — | 10 | 25 | — | — | 11 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 30 | 7 |
| Cerebo-spinal Meningitis | 6 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 6 | 4 |
| Polio-Myelitis ... | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — |
| Polio-Encephalitis | ||||||||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 23 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 11 | — | ||||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 385 | — | 6 | 14 | 101 | 136 | 110 | 18 | 85 | 53 | 134 | 113 | 248 | 226 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis. | 99 | 3 | 17 | 38 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 22 | 39 | 18 | 58 | 28 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Totals | |4747 | 158 | 1367 | 2181 | 396 | 341 | 250 | 54 | 1148 | 982 | 1735 | 882 | 2948 | 308 |