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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: Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the month of January, 1913, including cases which occurred in West Ham Union, Infirmary, &c., but not those imported.

Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the month of January, 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.123456789
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)......................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)12...1821.........253............29
Erysipelas15......11382...21......33337
Scarlet Fever22...51232............53...332316
Typhus Fever......................................................
Enteric Fever1111
Relapsing Fever (R)
Continued Fever (C)......................................................
Puerperal Fever2............2............1..................2
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis......................................................
Poliomyelitis......................................................
*Pulmonary Tuberculosis26.........415613715126...17
Other forms of Tuberculosis......................................................
Totals78...6211123143511131138135942

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* Including 3 cases which occurred in the West Ham Workhouse.