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Plumstead 1898

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, 1898

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TABLE IV.

(B)Table of POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS,comingtothe knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1898, in the Parish of Plumstead; classified according toDiseases, Ages, and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localitiesPopulation at All Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5New Oases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the medical Officer of HealthNumber of such cases removed from their homks ik the several l0calitik8 for treatment in isolation hospital.
Census 1896.Estimated to middie of 1898.123456789101112123456789101112
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Total.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Total.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid,Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)cde
NORTH WARD5329....Under 5..115..............117..85................13
Over 5..313....5........241..242....3..........29
NORTH-EAST ,,5651....Under 5..203..............124..153................18
Over 5..4810....1........463..3910....9..........51
NORTH-WEST „5289....Under 5..102................12..81................9
Over 5..166....3....1..733..176....3..........26
WEST ,,5222....Under 5..61................7..3..................3
Over 5..213....2........329..123....2..........17
SOUTH-WEST ,,7152....Under 5..112................13..71................8
Over 5..993....1........127..184....1..........23
SOUTH-EAST ,,10646....Under 5..217..............129..117................18
Over 5..3111....3........651..209................29
EAST ,,11011....Under 5..3214......1......249..2513................38
Over 5..6124....8....3319119..5319....6..........78
SOUTH ,,8952....Under 5..167................23..116................17
Over 5..419... .4....3..764..326....3..........41
INFIRMARY ,,......Under 5..6..................6..6..................6
Over 5..4......1..........5..4......1..........5
WORKHOUSE ,,......Under 5..9..................9..9..................9
Over 5..6..................6..6..................6
TOTALS59252626031896Under 5..14241......1......5189..10336................139
Over 5..28169....28....7349437..22559....21..........305