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 1909.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | No. or Cases removed to Hospital from each locality. | |||||||||||||
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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. | Lirne-house. | St. George's. | Mile End. | White-chapel. | Lime-house. | St. George's. | Mile End. | White-chapel. | |||
Small-pox | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 8 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 491 | 30 | 314 | 112 | 20 | 15 | .. | 87 | 98 | 206 | 100 | 84 | 97 | 195 | 97 | 473 |
Erysipelas | 484 | 20 | 45 | 42 | 53 | 289 | 35 | 77 | 81 | 185 | 141 | 18 | 20 | 64 | 58 | 160 |
Scarlet fever | 976 | 17 | 454 | 424 | 64 | 17 | .. | 216 | 157 | 420 | 183 | 192 | 154 | 399 | 177 | 922 |
Typhus fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 |
Enteric fever | 63 | .. | 6 | 21 | 15 | 21 | .. | 8 | 10 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 15 | 57 |
Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Puerperal fever | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 8 | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro-spinal fever | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 |
Anthrax | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Totals | 2042 | 68 | 821 | 600 | 156 | 362 | 35 | 393 | 349 | 845 | 455 | 305 | 284 | 684 | 362 | 1635 |