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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
West Ham 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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the year 1902, making an annual death-rate of 15.5 per 1,000, or 3.4
per 1,000 less than the average death-rate for the 10 years 1893-1902
which was 18.9 per 1,000. Corrected for age and sex distribution,
this death-rate becomes 16.5 per 1,000.
Notifiable Epidemic Disease.
The total notifications received during the year numbered 1,700,
and were distributed as follows:—Small-pox 13, Diphtheria 544,
Membranous Croup 8, Erysipelas 219, Scarlet Fever 660, Enteric
Fever 237, Puerperal Fever 18, Anthrax 1.
The attack-rate, death-rate, and fatality of these diseases, together with a comparison of their death-rates during the past ten years, is best studied in the table given below :—
| Disease. | Notified Cases, 1903. | Deaths, 1903. | Attack -rate, 1903. | Death rate, 1903. | Fatality Deaths to Attacks per cent. | Average Attack- rate, 10years, 1893-1902. | Average Death-rate, 10years, 1893-1902. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | _ | _ | _ | — | |||
| Scarlet Fever | — | ||||||
| Diphtheria | — | ||||||
| Membranous Croup | — | ||||||
| Enteric Fever | — | .27 | |||||
| Puerperal Fever | Not notifiable. | ||||||
| Erysipelas | |||||||
In addition to the above, Measles, Whooping Cough, and
Diarrhoea, which are included in the statistics for the purpose of