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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

West Ham 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: TABLE I.Showing the annual admissions and deaths from Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and. Typhoid Fever since the Hospital was opened in 1896.

TABLE I.

Showing the annual admissions and deaths from Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and. Typhoid Fever since the Hospital was opened in 1896.

Year.Scarlet Fever.Diptheria.Typhoid Fever.
Admissions.Deaths,Admissions.Deaths.Admissions.Deaths.
1896170811423....
1897188616321....
1898206424942....
1899192230949....
1900177426936....
19012031631066474
1902257124317213830
190337010334488417
190467929351319515
190574718438536214
1906806184217012718
190766729422826812
190866526373477312
19099903233735345
191065517260457114
191149113295527915
191256217291354910
19137821333324426
19146991038043367
19155758403604011
1916310753364232
1917304855967274
1918213446470250
1919373360157152
1920748676962143
19211,119105603270
192259286114031
1923412767123100
192431747132721
192541247191851

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On 1st January, 1925, 228 cases were resident in the
Hospital, and 1,427 were admitted, making a total of 1,655
cases under treatment during the year. Of these 1,392 were
discharged recovered, 49 died, and 214 remained under treatment
at the end of the year.
The following Table shows the admissions and deaths
for each month of the year:—