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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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100
S.D. 52.A.
and S.D. 30.B.
(1) Estimated Midyear Resident Population (a) 200,500
(b)
Males.
Females.
(2)
Live Births
Total 1,358 1,261
Legitimate 1,293 1,209
Illegitimate 65 52
Stillbirths
Total 41 41
Legitimate 39 39
Illegitimate 2 4
(3) NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
(number of cases notified during the 52 weeks ended 31st December, 1938)
| Smallpox | Scarlet fever | Diphtheria | Enteric fever | Pneumonia | Puerperal fever | Pueperal pyrexia | Erysipelas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 368 | 405 | 11 | 238 | 8 | 41 | 128 |
| (4) | applicable to the | Area Comparability Factor, All Causes " crude death rate only, 1.17 | |||||