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 Leyton]
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Cases of Infectious Disease Notified DurIng the Month of October, 1908, including Cases which occurred
in West Ham Union Infirmary, &c., but not those Imported.
Notifiable
Disease.
Cases Notified in Whole District
Total Cases Notified in each Locality—Wards.
No. of Cases Removed to Various
Hospitals from each Locality—Wards.
At Ages—Years.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
At all Ages.
Under 1.
1 to 5.
5 to 15.
15 to 25
25 to 65.
65 and upwards.
Leyton.
Lea Bridge.
Central.
Forest.
Leytonstone.
Grove Green.
Harrow Green.
Cann Hall.
Wanstead Slip.
Leyton.
Lea Bridge.
Central.
Forest.
Leytonstone.
Grove Green.
Harrow Green.
Cann Hall.
Wanstead Slip.
Small-pox
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Scarlet Fever
43
—
7
31
4
1
—
8
5
7
3
3
9
3
3
2
2
2
5
I
I
I
3
2
1
Diphtheria
22
—
4
16
1
1
—
4
4
7
—
3
1
2
1
—
1
3
3
-
-
—
1
1
—
‡nteric Fever
4
—
—
1
—
3
—
—
2
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Erysipelas
12
1
—
1
—
10
—
—
2
4
4
—
—
2
—
—
—
—
1
1
-
-
—
—
-
Puerperal
Fever ...
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Totals
8l
I
11
49
5
15
-
12
13
19
8
6
10
7
4
2
3
6
9
2
1
1
4
3
1
* One case occurred in West Ham Workhouse. ‡Two of these cases were certainly, and another one probably, contracted in other Districts.