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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 XVa.—Cases Notified in Whole District (including Cases OCCURRED in West Ham
Infirmary), but not THOSE IMPORTED.
| At Ages—(Years). | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |
| Small Pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cholera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diphtheria | 118 | 1 | 39 | 53 | 16 | 9 | 0 |
| Membranous Croup | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erysipelas | 125 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 70 | 15 |
| Scarlet Fever | 526 | 3 | 207 | 258 | 36 | 22 | 0 |
| Typhus Fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enteric Fever | 54 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 19 | 1 |
| Relapsing Fever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Continued Fever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Plague | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 838 | 8 | 265 | 343 | 81 | 125 | 16 | |