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 East Ham]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1904.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Cases Notified in Each Ward. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Ward. | ||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 too. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Manor Park Ward. | Pla6het Ward. | Central Ward. | Beckton and North Woolwich Ward. | Total. | Manor Park Ward. | Plashet Ward. | Central Ward. | Beckton and North Woolwich Ward. | Total. | |
Small Pox | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 327 | 6 | 134 | 162 | 15 | 10 | .. | 77 | 101 | 128 | 21 | 327 | 55 | 55 | 85 | 19 | 214 |
Membranous Croup | 12 | .. | 9 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 11 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 5 |
Erysipelas | 132 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 76 | 10 | 25 | 44 | 56 | 7 | 132 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Scarlet Fever | 711 | 8 | 210 | 423 | 49 | 20 | 1 | 104 | 279 | 248 | 80 | 711 | 56 | 96 | 130 | 52 | 334 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 59 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 59 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 41 | |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | .. | 3 | 1 | 7 | .. | 11 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 1256 | 27 | 362 | 610 | 104 | 140 | 13 | 221 | 444 | 478 | 113 | 1256 | 121 | 164 | 244 | 78 | 607 |