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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
East Ham 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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The total number of eases notified for each Ward were as follows:—
| Manor Park Ward | 131 |
| Plashet Ward | 306 |
| Central Ward | 256 |
| Beckton and North Woolwioh Ward | 36 |
| Total | 729 |
Table showing comparison of the number of Infectious Diseases notified for three years 1895, 1896, and 1897:—
| 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35 | 58 | 41 |
| February | 14 | 43 | 38 |
| March | 14 | 44 | 46 |
| April | 20 | 36 | 24 |
| May | 20 | 27 | 45 |
| June | 43 | 55 | 60 |
| July | 81 | 38 | 55 |
| August | 45 | 46 | 59 |
| September | 77 | 37 | 70 |
| October | 84 | 47 | 121 |
| November | 94 | 54 | 98 |
| December | 43 | 57 | 72 |
| Totals | 570 | 542 | 729 |
TABLE shewing the comparison of each Infectious Disease for two years, 1896-97.
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Croup. | Small Fox. | Totals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | 1897 | 1896 | 1897 | 1896 | 1897 | 1896 | 1897 | 1896 | 1897 | 1896 | 1897 | 1896 | 1897 | 1896 | 1897 | |
| January | 31 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 58 | 11 |
| February | 25 | 21 | 50 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 43 | 38 |
| March | 14 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | .. | 44 | 46 | |||||
| April | 11 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 36 | 24 |
| May | 16 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 27 | 45 |
| June | 34 | 38 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 55 | 60 |
| July | 23 | 32 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | ..1 | .. | .. | 38 | 55 |
| August | 28 | 28 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 46 | 59 |
| September | 17 | 41 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 37 | 70 |
| October | 21 | 90 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 47 | 121 |
| November | 20 | 60 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 4 | .. | 11 | 1 | 2 | .. | ..1 | .. | .. | 54 | 98 |
| December | 27 | 43 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 57 | 72 | ||
| Totals | 267 | 434 | 172 | 172 | 56 | 50 | 29 | 62 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | .. | 542 | 729 |