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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Cases of Infectious Disease Notified During the Year 1923, 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 | 10 | ||||||||
| 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 North. | Central South. | Forest. | Leytonstone | Grove Green. | Harrow Green. | Cann Hall. | Wanstead Slip. | |||
| Small-pox | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | |||||||||||||||||||
| *Diphtheria (including membranous croup) | 149 | 46 | 77 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 114 | |||
| †Erysipelas. | 36 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| ‡Scarlet fever | 179 | 1 | 48 | 111 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 71 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 124 | ||
| Typhus fever | |||||||||||||||||||
| Enteric fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Relapsing fever (R) Continued fever (C) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Puerperal fever | 12 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | l | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | |||||||||||||||||||
| Poliomyelitis | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Encephalitis lethargica | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| §Pulmonary tuberculosis | 189 | 1 | 14 | 58 | 76 | 35 | 5 | 15 | 32 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 30 | 15 | 24 | 14 | 131 | |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 34 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| Pneumonia | 54 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 24 | ||
| Dysentery | |||||||||||||||||||
| Malaria | |||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 673 | 17 | 103 | 232 | 110 | 137 | 55 | 19 | 57 | 164 | 50 | 51 | 89 | 40 | 59 | 77 | 55 | 31 | 439 |
* 3 cases occurred in Whipp's Cross Hospital (2 Nurses) and 1 case in Walthamstow Hospital.
†2 cases occurred in Central Home.
‡3 cases occurred in Whipps Cross Hospital (1 Nurse), and 1 in Bethnal Green Schools.
§ 1 case occurred in Whipps Cross Hospital (Nurse).