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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TABLE III.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1910
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Total Casks notified in Locality. | each | No. of Cases removed to Hospital fkom each Locality. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Agos—Years. | I- | 2. | 3. | 4. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | a to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 05. | 65 auil upwards | Lime-house. | St. George's. | Mile End. | White-uhapel. | Lime-house. | St. George's. | Mile End. | White-chapel. | |||
| Small-pox | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
| Cholera | •• | • • | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 352 | 18 | 197 | 112 | 18 | 7 | •• | 79 | 88 | 118 | 67 | 73 | 86 | 113 | 64 | 336 |
| Erysipelas | 377 | 19 | 17 | 34 | 35 | 231 | 41 | 61 | 63 | 119 | 134 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 65 | 123 |
| Scarlet fever | 498 | 11 | 198 | 248 | 34 | 7 | •• | 98 | 84 | 188 | 128 | 90 | 83 | 179 | 123 | 475 |
| Typhus fever | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
| Enteric fever | 111 | •• | 4 | 42 | 29 | 35 | 1 | 19 | 24 | 50 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 48 | 15 | 106 |
| Relapsing fever | • • | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
| Continued fever | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
| Puerperal fever | 30 | •• | .. | •• | 12 | 18 | •• | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| Plague | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 6 | 4 | •• | 2 | •• | •• | •• | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Anthrax | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •••' | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
| Totals | 1374 | 52 | 416 | 438 | 128 | 298 | 42 | 263 | 265 | 487 | 359 | 202 | 210 | 378 | 278 | 1068 |