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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 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: TABLE II.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1914.Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.

TABLE II.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1914.

Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.

Notifiable Disease.Number of Cases notified.Total Cases notified in each Locality.Total cases removed to Hospital.
At all Ages.At Ages—Years.1.2.3.4.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 45.45 to 65.65 and upwards.Lime-house.St. George'sMile End.White-chapel.
Small-pox. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Cholera. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Plague. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)848223384114928. .. .132137364215804
Erysipelas4012624274313111931628712712540
Scarlet Fever20092568311679339112532577057941971
Typhus Fever. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Enteric Fever44. .4148162. .14617736
Relapsing Fever. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Continued Fever. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Puerperal Fever33. .. .. .1221. .. .9414628
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis44. .. .. .. .. .. .12. .14
Poliomyelitis257171. .. .. .. .5314310
Ophthalmia Neonatorum5252. .. .. .. .. .. .176254. .
Pulmonary Tuberculosis123044122621246724733212208500310386
Other forms of Tuberculosis302157013443334387531045853
Anthrax..........................
Totals49481551177198046073537368792763187015233332