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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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SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS DURING 1926-1930.
| 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | 1930. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number notified | 2,572 | 2,838 | 3,170 | 4,377 | 4,953 |
| Small Pox | - | — | 4 | 492 | 949 |
| Scarlet Fever | 887 | 938 | 1,324 | 1,047 | 931 |
| *Chicken Pox | — | — | — | 829 | 1,230 |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 654 | 768 | 646 | 586 | 735 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 34 | 26 | 52 | 12 | 10 |
| Puerperal Fever | 16 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 13 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 17 |
| Erysipelas | 133 | 142 | 146 | 173 | 186 |
| Pneumonia | 266 | 346 | 378 | 605 | 348 |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 22 | 32 | 34 | 38 | 29 |
| Polio-Myelitis and Polio-Encephalitis | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 16 | 7 | 5 | — | 4 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever or "Spotted" Fever | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 |
| Phthisis | 432 | 415 | 409 | 434 | 376 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 99 | 115 | 128 | 123 | 113 |
| Wrong Diagnosis | 186 | 182 | 231 | 258 | 174 |
* Made notifiable since 6th May, 1929
Small Pox.
There were 949 actual cases of Small Pox during the year, or 457 more
than in the previous year:—
445 occurred in the Limehouse District, with 2 deaths;
322 occurred in Mile End Old Town, with 1 death;
68 occurred in St. George's-in-the-East, with no deaths;
114 occurred in the Whitechapel District, with no deaths.
The death-rate for the whole of the Borough was .012 per 1,000 of the
population.