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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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The number of cases removed to Isolation Hospital was 607,
being 101 more than the previous year.
The percentage of cases removed to Hospital was:—
Scarlet Fever 47 per cent, of cases notified,
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 64 per cent, of cases
notified,
Typhoid Fever 61 per cent, of cases notified,
Small Pox 100 per cent, of cases notified.
The average percentage of all cases removed was 48 per cent.