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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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING THE YEAR, 1932.
disease.
Total Cases notified.
Cases
admitted
to Hospital
Total Deaths.
In Age Groups.
In Localities.
Under
1
year.
1—
2—
3—
4—
5—
10—
15—
20—
35—
45—
65 and
over
Total
Limehouse
Mile
End
St.
Georges
Whitechapel
Small-pox
-
-
1
-
—
3
7
4
6
-
5
-
26
20
6
—
-
26
-
Scarlet Fever
8
44
99
73
93
374
152
54
46
7
2
-
952
165
447
147
193
946
7
Diphtheria
14
33
76
78
88
241
118
48
40
5
1
-
742
145
354
120
123
740
22
Enteric Fever
-
-
-
1
-
1
1
-
6
-
1
-
11
1
5
-
5
11
1
Puerperal Fever
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
8
-
-
-
9
1
3
-
5
8
3
Puerperal Pyrexia
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
23
5
-
-
31
5
15
5
6
26
7
Erysipelas
2
3
2
2
3
10
7
16
36
28
67
15
191
35
86
25
45
100
2
Encephalitis Lethargica
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
—
1
—
3
1
1
—
1
3
5
Anthrax
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
—
1
—
—
1
1
Polio-Myelitis
3
4
1
1
2
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
12
1
6
1
4
11
4
Cerebo-spinal Meningitis
4
2
4
1
—
1
4
3
11
1
2
—
33
6
12
6
9
32
19
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
33
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
33
10
14
3
6
17
—
Chicken Pox
15
21
28
28
45
203
47
7
1
-
1
—
396
90
221
34
51
40
'
Food Poisoning
1
—
1
1
4
3
2
4
1
4
2
-
23
8
11
2
2
-
-
Totals
80
107
212
185
235
836
338
142
179
51
83
15
2,463
488
1,182
343
450
1,961
61
101