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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Table II.—Cases of Infectious Disease Notified During the Year, 1911, including Cases which OCCURRED in West Ham Union, Infirmary, &c., but OT those Imported.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality— Wards. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||
| Under L | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Leyton. | Lea Bridge. | Central. | Forest. | Leytonstone. | Grove Green. | Harrow Green. | Cann Hall. | Wantsead Slip. | |||
| *Small-pox | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| †Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup | 174 | 3 | 47 | 107 | 8 | 7 | 2 | — | 10 | 38 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 124 | |
| ‡Erysipelas | 112 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 33 |
| §Scarlet Fever | 460 | 1 | 104 | 305 | 35 | 15 | — | — | 40 | 66 | 82 | 38 | 26 | 45 | 48 | 77 | 38 | 272 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ||Enteric Fever | 28 | — | 3 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 2 | — | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 9 | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ¶Under Tuberculosis Regulations, 1908 | 70 | — | 1 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 63 |
| Phthisis Under Tuberculosis Regulations, 1911 | 124 | — | — | 12 | 71 | 17 | — | 19 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 28 | ||
| Others | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 983 | 10 | 157 | 446 | 94 | 194 | 66 | 16 | 80 | 161 | 149 | 89 | 62 | 96 | 103 | 144 | 99 | 542 |
| *These cases proved not to be Small-pox. One Certificate withdrawn (Grove Green Ward, 24 years), †One case included in above proved not to be Diphtheria. Certificate withdrawn (Forest Ward, 13 years). ‡Including three cases which occurred in W. H. Workhouse and three in West Ham Infirmary. ' § Three cases proved to be Measles and one German Measles. || Three cases included in above proved not to be Enteric. One Case occurred in Bethnal Green Schools. ¶Five cases occurred in West Ham Workhouse and six admitted—homeless. One case occurred at the Home of the Good Shepherd. | ||||||||||||||||||