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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
Leyton 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Table XV.—Number of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Ward, including cases OCCURRED in West Ham Infirmary, but NOT those imported.
| Disease. | Leyton. | Lea Bridge. | Central. | Forest. | Leyton-stone. | Grove Green. | Harrow Green. | Cann Hall. | Wanstead Slip. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cholera | 0 | O | O | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | Removed to London Hospital, 1. |
| „ Homerton „ 2. | ||||||||||
| „ North-Eastern „ 3. | ||||||||||
| Membranous Croup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Erysipelas | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Of these 4 were removed to London Hospital, 2toWest Ham Infirmary, and 1 to West Ham Hospital. |
| Scarlet Fever | 33 | 53 | 47 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 33 | 23 | 32 | Removed to Homerton Hospital, 7. |
| „ West Ham Infirmary, 3. | ||||||||||
| „ London Hospital, 4. | ||||||||||
| „ North-Eastern Hosp., 1. | ||||||||||
| Typhus Fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Enteric Fever | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | Of these cases 30 were removed to West Ham Inf., 5 to the London Hosp., and 2 to W'stow Hosp. |
| Relapsing Fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | This case removed to London Hosp. |
| Continued Fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Both of these cases removed to West Ham Infirmary. |
| Plague | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | 65 | 66 | 35 | 25 | 43 | 49 | 28 | 40 |
All these cases are not removed to Isolation Hospital, Leyton, unless otherwise stated.