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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Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.
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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 510 | 17 | 216 | 215 | 47 | 14 | 1 | ... | 133 | 73 | 214 | 90 | 506 |
Erysipelas | 133 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 34 | 33 | 25 | 23 | 35 | 42 | 33 | 29 |
Scarlet Fever | 468 | 3 | 196 | 241 | 19 | 9 | ... | ... | 68 | 83 | 169 | 148 | 464 |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric Fever | 21 | ... | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Fever | 15 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 14 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Poliomyelitis | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 |
Polioencephalitis | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 39 | 39 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 11 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 455 | ... | 5 | 38 | 95 | 198 | 103 | 16 | 83 | 73 | 175 | 124 | 302 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 139 | ... | 34 | 53 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 25 | 58 | 22 | 91 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 9 | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Anthrax | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Total | 1799 | 64 | 465 | 571 | 210 | 299 | 147 | 43 | 362 | 307 | 687 | 443 | 1452 |