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. | Number of Cases notified. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | Total cases removed to Hospital | ||||||||||
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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's | Mile End | White-chapel | |||
Small-pox | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Plague | ... | ... | ... | ••• | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 777 | 35 | 347 | 310 | 51 | 34 | ... | ... | 209 | 118 | 342 | 108 | 770 |
Erysipelas | 90 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 25 | 30 |
Scarlet Fever | 617 | 7 | 213 | 344 | 36 | 16 | 1 | ... | 95 | 120 | 241 | 161 | 612 |
Typhus Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Enteric Fever | 27 | ... | ... | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | ... | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 25 |
Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Continued Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | 23 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 17 | ... | ... | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
Polioencephalitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 46 | 46 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 12 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 546 | 1 | 10 | 48 | 118 | 224 | 132 | 13 | 104 | 99 | 197 | 146 | 378 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 98 | 24 | 43 | 17 | 11 | 3 | ... | 17 | 27 | 31 | 23 | 56 | |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Anthrax | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
Total | 2247 | 95 | 603 | 769 | 258 | 337 | 165 | 20 | 459 | 397 | 894 | 497 | 1928 |