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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: The following table gives the number of deaths since 1901 in the Borough of Stepney:—

The following table gives the number of deaths since 1901 in the Borough of Stepney:—

1901211deaths
190220199
190322399
190424099
190522899
190626399

Table: The deaths in 1906 consist of 128 males and 135 females. As the relationship of males and females differ in various parts of the Borough it may be of interest to give the numbers of the four Districts :—

The deaths in 1906 consist of 128 males and 135 females. As the relationship of males and females differ in various parts of the Borough it may be of interest to give the numbers of the four Districts :—

Males.Females.
Limehouse District4022
St. George's2814
Mile End3371
Whitechapel District2728

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Notifiable Diseases.
2,179 cases of Infectious Diseases were notified during the year, and 1,716
were removed to various Hospitals and Infirmaries.
431 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 7.36 per
1,000.
351 belonged to St. George's, or at the rate of 6.87 per 1,000.
807 belonged to Mile End, or at the rate of 6.94 per 1,000.
590 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of 7.25 per
1,000.
The number of Notifiable Diseases was 778 less than in the previous year.
The greatest number occurred, as in the previous year, during the month of
September, with this difference that in 1906 it reached its height in the second
week, whereas in 1905 it was not at its maximum until the fourth week. The
greatest number notified in one week was 70, which included 44 Scarlet Fever
cases. This number was nearly reached on two other occasions, viz., the last
week in June and the last week in October when 68 cases were notified.
No Typhoid Fever cases were reported during the last week in August and
the first week in September, but afterwards the number rose, and reached its
maximum in the last week of October.