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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Zymotic Diseases.
Scarlet Fever.
The number of cases of this disease notified was 331, and
the number of deaths 6.
Diphtheria.
The cases of diphtheria notified was 286, and the number
of deaths 33.
Typhoid Fever.
113 cases were notified, out of which number 19 died.
In all the above cases the houses where they occurred were
visited and precautions taken to prevent the spread of the
disease.