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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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Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Month of May, 1911, including Cases which occurred in west Ham union, infirmary, &c., but not 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 1. | 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. | Wanstead Slip. | ||||
| *Small-Pox | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Cholera | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| ‡Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 11 | – | 2 | 7 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | |
| ¶Erysipelas | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | |
| †Scarlet Fever | 20 | — | 6 | 13 | – | 1 | — | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | 12 | |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Continued Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Phthisis | Under Tuberculosis Regulations, 1908 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Under Tuberculosis Regulations, 1911 | 41 | – | – | 3 | 8 | 24 | 6 | – | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | |
| Others | – | — | — | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | |
| Totals | 81 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 10 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 38 | |
* Case proved not to be Small pox; Certificate withdrawn.
† One of these cases proved not to be Diphtheria; Certificate withdrawn. (Age 13 years. Forest Ward.)
†Two of these cases proved to be Measles.
¶ Including one case which occurred in Forest House, James Lane, Leyton, and one in West Ham Workhouse.