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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 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: Cases of Infectious disease notified during the Year.Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.

Cases of Infectious disease notified during the Year.Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.

Notifiable Disease.Number of Cases notified.Total Cases notified in each Locality.Total cases removed to Hospital
At all AgesAt Ages—Years.1234
Under 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and upwardsLime-houseSt. George'sMile EndWhite-chapel
Small-pox5......122............415
Cholera.......................................
Plague.........•••..............................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)777353473105134......209118342108770
Erysipelas90351114222871213402530
Scarlet Fever617721334436161...95120241161612
Typhus Fever1............1.........1......1
Enteric Fever27......91341...5411725
Relapsing Fever.......................................
Continued Fever1............1.........1......1
Puerperal Fever23.........617......654823
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis9333............22329
Poliomyelitis11...............1.........1
Polioencephalitis.......................................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum4646..................67191412
Pulmonary Tuberculosis546110481182241321310499197146378
Other forms of Tuberculosis98244317113...1727312356
Encephalitis Lethargica4.........13............223
Anthrax2............2......2.........2
Total224795603769258337165204593978944971928