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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Table II.—Cases of Infectious Disease Notified During the Year 1913, 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| *iphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 147 | ... | 45 | 84 | 8 | 10 | ... | ... | 18 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 106 |
| †rysipelas | 96 | ... | 2 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| ‡arlet Fever | 337 | 1 | 79 | 205 | 40 | 12 | ... | ... | 20 | 80 | 74 | 25 | 20 | 33 | 31 | 39 | 15 | 235 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| §Enteric Fever | 11 | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ... | 9 |
| Relapsing Fever (R) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Continued Fever (C) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 8 | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 9 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis | 6 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 |
| ||Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 288 | ... | 3 | 32 | 60 | 132 | 53 | 6 | 19 | 55 | 46 | 31 | -' | 27 | 30 | 27 | 16 | 59 |
| ¶ther forms of Tuberculosis | 195 | 4 | 39 | 98 | 18 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 30 | 25 | 30 | 11 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 58 |
| Totals | 1093 | 5 | 177 | 433 | 137 | 219 | 98 | 22 | 78 | 215 | 184 | 118 | 64 | 104 | 108 | 122 | 77 | 515 |
*wo cases occurred in Bethnal Green Schools and one in West Ham Workhouse.
†en cases occurred in " Forest House," James Lane, three in West Ham Workhouse and two in West Ham Infirmary. One case homeless - Ward not known.
‡One case occurred in West Ham Workhouse. § Three cases proved not to be Enteric.
|| Three cases occurred in West Ham Workhouse, and four admitted to West Ham Infirmary. Sixteen cases Homeless wards not known. Ages not stated in
two cases.
¶ Six cases—Homeless—wards not known.