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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 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: TABLE III.Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1906.

TABLE III.

Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1906.

Notifiable DiseaseCases notified in Whole District.Total Cases notified in each Locality.No. of Cases removed to Hospitals from each Locality.
At all Ages.At Ages—Years.12341234
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 6565 and upwardsLimehouse.St. George'sMile End.Whitechapel.Limehouse.St. George'sMile End.Whitechapel.
Small-pox4.........31............4.........4
Cholera.............................................
Diphtheria5i3223221292020...136761951061307317698
Membranous Croup3...3..................21............
Erysipelas4101938376323023628212614013121829
Scarlet Fever1123185724654721...199163455306189153427291
Typhus Fever1............1............1.........1
Enteric Fever119...148333613429272929252025
Relapsing Fever.............................................
Continued Fever.............................................
Puerperal Fever6.........33......123...111
Plague.............................................
Totals2179599366791693122443135180759°361264642449