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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 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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| Manor Park Ward. | Plashet Ward. | Central Ward. | Beckton & North Woolw'h Ward. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | 1899 | 1898 | 1899 | 1898 | 1899 | 1898 | 1899 | 1898 | 1899 | |
| January | - | 3 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 9 | - | - | 10 | 27 |
| February | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 11 | 26 |
| March | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 2 | - | 12 | 39 |
| April | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| May | 2 | — | 3 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 4 | — | 11 | 27 |
| June | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 3 | — | 8 | 25 |
| July | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 4 | — | 11 | 22 |
| August | — | 4 | 11 | — | 9 | 2 | — | 6 | 25 | |
| September | 1 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 29 |
| October | 9 | 18 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 47 | |
| November | 4 | 11 | 18 | 54 | 11 | 3 | - | 5 | 33 | 73 |
| December | — | 5 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 11 | — | — | 30 | 37 |
| Total | 22 | 58 | 112 | 221 | 54 | 100 | 24 | 10 | 212 | 389 |
There were 400 cases of Diphtheria (including 11 cases of
Membranous Croup) notified, resulting in 39 deaths.
Twenty-two of these deaths were under 5 years of age, and 17
over 5 years, as against 219 cases recorded for 1898, which resulted
in 23 deaths.
In November I submitted the following reports on the free
supply of Antitoxin, and the prevalence of Diphtheria:—