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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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified | Total Cases notified in each Locality . | Total cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 710 | 24 | 271 | 324 | 62 | 28 | 1 | .. | 132 | 155 | 287 | 136 | 696 |
| Erysipelas | 217 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 29 | 59 | 54 | 26 | 45 | 41 | 67 | 64 | 39 |
| Scarlet Fever | 988 | 13 | 286 | 641 | 36 | 12 | .. | .. | 188 | 294 | 283 | 223 | 972 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 30 | .. | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | .. | .. | 13 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 25 |
| Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued Fever | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 12 | 7 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 30 | 30 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 10 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 758 | .. | 15 | 135 | 131 | 298 | 163 | 16 | 125 | 139 | 281 | 213 | 280 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 207 | 2 | 29 | 104 | 31 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 43 | 32 | 85 | 42 | 25 |
| Measles and German Measles | 855 | 45 | 464 | 329 | 12 | 5 | .. | .. | 232 | 132 | 378 | 113 | 22 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 6 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals | 3828 | 133 | 1082 | 1579 | 315 | 440 | 235 | 44 | 798 | 802 | 1408 | 820 | 2099 |