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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
Wanstead and Woodford 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead]
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TABLE II. DISTRICT OF WANSTEAD.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES notified during the year 1914.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in Each Locality. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages—Years | Infant Orphan Asylom. | West Ham Union and Scattered Homes. | ||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 15 | .. | 6 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| Erysipelas | 11 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 32 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 17 | ||
| Enteric Fever | 2 | .. | .. | 1 . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 20 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Varicella | 95 | .. | 28 | 64 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 48 | .. | .. |
| Totals | 183 | 1 | 39 | 101 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 52 | 9 | 29 |
| Isolation Hospital, Hospitals or Sanatoria—Empress Avenue, Manor Park. | |||||||||||