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 West Ham]
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All ages. | 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-65 | 65 and upwards. | New Town. | Forest Gate. | High Street. | Broadway. | Park. | Upton. | West Ham. | Plaistow. | Hudsons. | Canning Town | Tidal Basin. | Custom House & Silvertown. | |
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By Cut or Stab | 8 | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 1 |
By Fall or Crushing | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
By Other Methods | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Erysipelas | 14 | 5 | – | – | – | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 4 |
Puerperal Fever | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
Pyaemia (Septicæmia) | 4 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Infective Endocarditis | 10 | – | – | – | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
Other Septic Diseases | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
Diabetes Mellitus | 19 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Rheumatic Fever | 10 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 3 | 1 |
Hydrophobia | |||||||||||||||||||
Glanders (Farcy) | |||||||||||||||||||
Tetanus | -2 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Anthrax (Splenic Fever) | |||||||||||||||||||
Cow-pox (result of Vaccination) | |||||||||||||||||||
Malarial Fever | |||||||||||||||||||
Other Infective Diseases | |||||||||||||||||||
Actinomycosis |