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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Table II.—Cases of Infectious Disease Notified During the Year 1920, including Cases which OCCURRED in Central Home, Union Road, Whipps Cross Hospital, &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 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Leyton. | Lea Bridge. | Central. | Forest. | Leytonstone | Grove Green. | Harrow Green. | Cann Hall. | Wanstead Slip. | |||
| Small Pox | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| *Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 354 | 3 | 92 | 209 | 31 | 18 | 1 | ... | 11 | 80 | 53 | 47 | 24 | 41 | 50 | 34 | 14 | 228 |
| †("Erysipelas | 57 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| ‡Scarlet Fever | 450 | 2 | 55 | 334 | 48 | 11 | ... | ... | 22 | 59 | 88 | 56 | 33 | 45 | 46 | 70 | 31 | 197 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| §Enteric Fever | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | |
| Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| ║Puerperal Fever | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 5 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | l | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| ¶Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 168 | ... | 1 | 15 | 50 | 71 | 27 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 32 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 39 |
| **Other forms of Tuberculosis | 48 | ... | 3 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 15 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 3 |
| †† Pneumonia | 100 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 54 |
| ‡‡Malaria | 20 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 14 | 1 | ... | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... |
| §§Dysentery | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Anthrax | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Totals | 1235 | 24 | 163 | 602 | 174 | 187 | 67 | 18 | 83 | 199 | 229 | 147 | 93 | 117 | 158 | 129 | 80 | 573 |
* 8 cases occurred in Whipps Cross Hospital (3 on Staff), 1 in Central Home, Union Road and 5 in Bethnal Green Schools. ‡‡ Old military cases.
† 5 cases occurred in Central Home, Union Road. §§ Old military cases.
‡ 2 cases occurred in Bethnal Green Schools. 1 in Forest Lodge Convalescent Home, 6 in Whipps Cross Hospital (Staff), 6 in West Ham Union Home, 60, Davies
Lane, and 1 in Central Home, Union Road. 1 case proved not to be scarlet fever, 1 case withdrawn.
§ 1 case occurred in Whipps Cross Hospital. || 1 case from Bermondsey (notified from Nursing Home, 19, Holly Road).
¶ 3 cases occurred in Central Home, Union Road, 1 in Whipps Cross Hospital (Nurse), and 1 in Bethnal Green Schools.
** 1 case occurred in Bethnal Green Schools. †† 2 cases occurred in Central Home, Union Road.