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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Phthisis.
409 new cases were notified, or 6 less than in the previous year.
Notification of
new cases.
Number of deaths
from Phthisis.
Death rate
per 1,000.
Limehouse District
89
62
1.21
St. George-in-the-East
55
39
.98
Mile End Old Town
170
94
.92
Whitechapel District
95
49
.93
Whole Borough
409
244
.99
Number of deaths from Consumption from 1918 to 1928:—
Limehouse
District.
St. George's.
Mile End.
Whitechapel.
Whole
Borough
1918
102
92
184
164
542
1919
81
51
123
112
367
1920
60
48
94
81
283
1921
64
49
87
99
299
1922
53
54
109
98
314
1923
62
49
95
59
265
1924
57
44
102
69
272
1925
58
45
106
82
291
1926
50
37
88
64
239
1927
68
34
77
40
219
1928
62
39
94
49
244
Other Forms of Tuberculosis.
128 new cases were notified, or 13 more than in the previous year:—
Notifications.
Deaths.
Death-rate
per 1,000
Limehouse District
30
6
.11
St. George-in-the-East
23
5
.12
Mile End Old Town
48
17
.16
Whitechapel District
27
5
.09
Whole Borough
128
33
.13
Deaths from diseases of a 1 ubercular nature, other than Phthisis, from
1918 to 1928.
Limehouse
District.
St. George's.
Mile-End.
Whitechapel
Whole
Borough.
1918
20
22
32
12
86
1919
16
6
12
16
50
1920
11
7
18
14
50
1921
9
13
14
11
47
1922
11
10
12
9
42
1923
15
11
18
7
51
1924
19
9
16
7
51
1925
13
15
13
12
53
1926
7
14
13
7
41
1927
10
11
13
5
39
1928
6
5
17
5
33