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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Other Forms of Tuberculosis.
98 new cases were notified, or 42 less than in the previous year :—
Notifications | . Deaths. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Limehouse | 17 | 11 | |||
St. George's | 27 | 10 | |||
Mile End Old Town | 31 | 12 | |||
Whitechapel | 23 | 9 | |||
Deaths from diseases of a Tubercular nature, other than Phthisis, from 1901 to 1922:— | |||||
Limehouse District, | St. George's. | Mile End. | Whitechapel | Whole Borough. | |
1901 | 60 | 73 | 54 | 52 | 239 |
1902 | 43 | 49 | 89 | 52 | 233 |
1903 | 52 | 37 | 61 | 45 | 195 |
1904 | 44 | 35 | 61 | 34 | 174 |
1905 | 42 | 29 | 53 | 35 | 159 |
1906 | 57 | 47 | 53 | 57 | 214 |
1907 | 51 | 50 | 59 | 42 | 202 |
1908 | 38 | 40 | 64 | 25 | 167 |
1909 | 37 | 41 | 40 | 26 | 144 |
1910 | 33 | 26 | 43 | 35 | 137 |
1911 | 40 | 40 | 59 | 27 | 166 |
1912 | 29 | 15 | 39 | 22 | 105 |
1913 | 33 | 32 | 39 | 21 | 125 |
1914 | 52 | 24 | 50 | 26 | 152 |
1915 | 30 | 24 | 43 | 21 | 118 |
1916 | 21 | 21 | 28 | 19 | 89 |
1917 | 23 | 26 | 39 | 25 | 113 |
1918 | 20 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 86 |
1919 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 50 |
1920 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 50 |
1921 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 47 |
1922 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 42 |
Of the 314 deaths certified to be due to Phthisis, 77 had not been
notified during life-time
Of the 239 notified during life-time, 32 were notified at the same
time that the deaths were certified, 33 died within a month of their being
notified, 16 between 1 and 3 months, and 27 between 3 and 6 months
after the date of notification.