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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
Stepney 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Eight cases were notified, and one was removed to the hospital.
| 2 occurred in the Limehouse District. | One proved fatal. |
| 1 occurred in the St. George's District. | He recovered. |
| 2 occurred in the Mile End District. | One proved fatal. |
| 3 occurred in the Whitechapel District. | Two proved fatal. |
Typhus Fever.
One case occurred in the Whitechapel District. The patient recovered. When
he was removed to the Fever Hospital it was thought that he was suffering from
Enteric Fever, and it was not until he had been several days at that Institution that
I was informed that he was really suffering from Typhus Fever.
Enteric Fever.
179 cases occurred during the year, of which 146 were removed to the various
hospitals.
27 proved fatal, which corresponds to a death-rate of .089 per 1,000.
43 cases occurred in the Limehouse District, and 7 proved fatal, which is
equal to a death-rate of .12 per 1,000 of the population.
35 cases occurred in the St. George's District, and 7 proved fatal, which is
equal to a death-rate of .14 per 1,000 of the population.
60 cases occurred in Mile End, with 11 deaths, which is equal to a death-
rate of .09 per 1,000 of the population.
41 cases occurred in the Whitechapel District, with 2 deaths, which is equal
to a death-rate of .02 per 1,000 of the population.
15 per cent. of the cases proved fatal.
The death-rate for the whole of London was .08 per 1,000.