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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| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Lime-house. | St. George's. | Mile End. | White -chapel. | Lime-house. | St. George's. | Mile End. | White-chapel. | |||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 492 | 34 | 320 | 114 | 15 | 9 | .. | 74 | 77 | 240 | 101 | 66 | 74 | 221 | 91 | 452 |
| Erysipelas | 405 | 21 | 31 | 37 | 50 | 236 | 30 | 58 | 68 | 148 | 131 | 12 | 13 | 23 | 29 | 77 |
| Scarlet fever | 2114 | 34 | 1033 | 937 | 80 | 30 | .. | 306 | 455 | 881 | 472 | 291 | 449 | 843 | 469 | 2052 |
| Typhus fever | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |
| Enteric fever | 83 | .. | 3 | 25 | 26 | 29 | .. | 26 | 17 | 33 | 7 | 23 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 68 |
| Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Puerperal fever | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Totals | 3109 | 91 | 1387 | 1114 | 177 | 310 | 30 | 464 | 623 | 1309 | 713 | 392 | 554 | 1114 | 597 | 2657 |