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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Table III.—Cases of Infectious Disease Notified During the Year 1909. 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
all
Ages.
At Ages—Years.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Under 1.
1 to 5.
5 to 15.
15 to 25.
25 to 65.
65 and upwards.
Leyton—Isolation
Hospital in this Ward.
Lea Bridge.
Central.
Forest—West Ham.
Infirmary in this Ward.
Leytonstone—Bethnal
Green Schools in this
Ward.
Grove Green—Home of
Good Shepherd in this
Ward.
Harrow Green—West
Ham Workhouse in
this Ward.
Cann Hall.
Wanstead Slip.
Leyton.
Lea Bridge.
Central.
Forest.
Leytonstone.
Grove Green.
Harrow Green.
Cann Hall.
Wanstead Slip.
Total Cases removed
to Hospital.
Small-pox
Cholera
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Diphtheria (inc.
Membranous
Croup)
201
4
67
105
14
11
25
40
56
27
11
12
3
20
7
20
28
28
18
5
9
3
7
4
122
Erysipelas
99
—
4
11
10
59
15
7
13
13
13
3
6
28
10
6
2
I
—
5
—
1
12
1
—
22
Scarlet Fever
491
3
109
311
45
23
—
41
51
71
47
42
95
50
60
34
26
42
57
21
16
64
30
26
19
301
Typhus Fever
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
*Enteric Fever
21
—
1
8
1
11
—
1
6
2
2
3
1
2
2
2
—
6
—
1
1
1
2
—
—
11
Relapsing Fever
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Continued Fever
1
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Puerperal Fever
10
—
—
—
3
7
—
—
—
4
1
1
—-
1
3
—
—
—
2
—
—
—
1
1
—
4
Plague
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
(Poor Law
Cases)
122
-
1
9
11
91
10
4
15
15
11
3
4
56
7
7
1
6
3
7
2
1
42
6
4
72
Totals
945
7
182
444
85
202
25
79
125
161
101
63
118
140
102
56
49
83
90
52
24
76
90
41
27
532
*One case of Enteric included in above proved to be Pneumonia.
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