Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1907.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | |||||||
| At all Ages. | Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Limehouse. | St. George's. | Mile End. | Whitechapel . | Limehouse. | St. George's. | Mile End. | Whitechapel. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 567 | 35 | 330 | 158 | 27 | 17 | .. | 101 | 80 | 229 | 157 | 91 | 75 | 216 | 146 | 528 |
| Erysipelas | 457 | 31 | 38 | 43 | 64 | 255 | 26 | 73 | 103 | 136 | 145 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 70 |
| Scarlet fever | 2847 | 37 | 1365 | 1309 | 108 | 28 | .. | 349 | 647 | 1131 | 720 | 331 | 640 | 1094 | 706 | 2771 |
| Typhus fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Enteric fever | 107 | .. | 8 | 31 | 33 | 35 | .. | 23 | 8 | 45 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 40 | 29 | 95 |
| Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued fever | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | .. | 2 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Puerperal fever | 17 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 14 | .. | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Totals | 4015 | 109 | 1742 | 1543 | 237 | 358 | 26 | 552 | 847 | 1554 | 1062 | 457 | 742 | 1371 | 919 | 3489 |