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
East Ham 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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| Scarlet Fever. | Diph.theria. | Croup. | Typhoid Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puer-peral Fever. | Small Pox. | Totals. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | 1898 | 1897 | 1898 | 1897 | 1898 | 1897 | 1898 | 1897 | 1898 | 1897 | 1898 | 1897 | 1898 | 1897 | 1898 | |
| January...... | 16 | 30 | 12 | 10 | ... | ... | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 41 | 49 |
| February | 21 | 41 | 14 | 11 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 38 | 61 |
| March | 24 | 37 | 9 | 12 | ... | ... | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 46 | 60 |
| April | 15 | 43 | 3 | 12 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 24 | 60 |
| May | 26 | 36 | 9 | 11 | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 45 | 56 |
| June | 38 | 33 | 11 | 8 | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 60 | 46 |
| July | 32 | 43 | 15 | 11 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 55 | 61 |
| August | 28 | 35 | 25 | 6 | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 59 | 51 |
| September | 41 | 39 | 19 | 30 | ... | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 70 | 83 |
| October | 90 | 112 | 17 | 38 | ... | 1 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 121 | 168 |
| November | 60 | 76 | 17 | 33 | ... | ... | 4 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 98 | 149 |
| December | 43 | 68 | 21 | 30 | ... | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 72 | 103 | |
| Totals | 434 | 593 | 172 | 212 | 3 | 7 | 50 | 79 | 62 | 54 | 8 | 4 | ... | 1 | 729 | 950 |
NOTIFICATION RATE
Whole District 13 5 per 1,000
Manor Park Ward 20'1 ,,
Plashet Ward 115
Central Ward 131 „
Beckton and N. Woolwich Ward 10 8 ,,
Houses fumigated 711
| • | Manor Park Ward | Plashet Ward. | Central Ward | Beckton & North Woolw'h Ward | Totals. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | 1898 | 1897 | 1898 | 1897 | 1898 | 1897 | 1898 | 1897 | 1898 | |
| January | 3 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 30 |
| February | 3 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 41 |
| March | 2 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 37 |
| April | 3 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 43 |
| May | 1 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 6 | — | 3 | 26 | 36 |
| June | 6 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 6 | — | 2 | 38 | 33 |
| July | 1 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 18 | — | 2 | 32 | 43 |
| August | 1 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 8 | — | 3 | 28 | 35 |
| September. | 5 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 39 |
| October | 50 | 46 | 19 | 37 | 20 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 90 | 112 |
| November | 19 | 21 | 16 | 29 | 24 | 26 | 1 | — | 60 | 76 |
| December | 13 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 33 | — | 3 | 43 | 68 |
| Total | 107 | 190 | 141 | 204 | 170 | 163 | 16 | 36 | 434 | 593 |