London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases notified. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | Total cases removed to Hospital | Total Deaths. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages—Years. | Limehouse | St. George's | Mile End | Whitechapel | |||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | ||||||||
| Small-pox | 949 | 12 | 84 | 341 | 225 | 171 | 98 | 18 | 445 | 68 | 322 | 114 | 949 | |
| Chicken Pox | 1230 | 54 | 404 | 732 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 313 | 134 | 554 | 229 | 110 | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 735 | 25 | 283 | 369 | 38 | 17 | 3 | ... | 189 | 117 | 336 | 93 | 732 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 186 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 46 | 54 | 21 | 29 | 24 | 76 | 57 | 139 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 931 | 6 | 314 | 516 | 70 | 24 | 1 | ... | 232 | 141 | 409 | 149 | 921 | ... |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 10 | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 6 | 10 | |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 13 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 10 | 1 | ... | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 14 | 1 | ... | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 12 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 9 | 5 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
| Polio-Myelitis | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
| Polio-Encephalitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 29 | 29 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 19 | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 376 | ... | 6 | 23 | 97 | 143 | 93 | 14 | 90 | 62 | 132 | 92 | 251 | 216 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 113 | 2 | 25 | 36 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 41 | 32 | 62 | 25 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Totals | 4604 | 146 | 1128 | 2037 | 520 | 455 | 261 | 57 | 1342 | 575 | 1903 | 784 | 3230 | 309 |