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West Ham 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1900, in the County Borough of West Ham Urban Sanitary District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all ages.Registered Births.New Casks ok Sickness in each knowledge ok the medicalLocality, coming to The Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospitals.
Last Census.Estimated to middle of 1900.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsingPuerperalTyphus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsingPuerperal
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Stratford Ward38,61244,2041,448Under 513327......9........................79......3.....................
5 upwds.16548......61............9......12111......15............1......
Forest Gate Ward53,51160,1591,595Under 5...3771.....................1.........1124..............................
5 upwds.1124137......32......1...3......13750......4.....................
Plaistow Ward58,08087,6913,189Under 5...771961...9............2.........1847.....................2......
5 upwds6204345......105...9...18......66068......24.....................
Canning Town Ward54,75069,0752,653Under 5...582047...8............1.........1136..............................
5 upwds2115272......1301...9...20......22256......24......1...1.....
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Totals2049032610698,885Under 512054988...26............4.........47116......3............2......
5 upwds.10508802......3282...19...50......10140185......67......1...2......