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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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Incidence of Diphtheria Cases and Wards in which they occurred for the past five years:—
| Manor Park Ward. | Plashet Ward. | Central Ward. | Beckton and North Woolwich Ward. | Totals. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | |
| January | 11 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 37 | 29 | 47 | 21 | 38 |
| February | 6 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .. | 4 | 42 | 27 | 30 | 19 | 32 |
| March | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .. | 3 | 5 | 25 | 33 | 18 | 27 | 41 |
| April | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 10 |
| May | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 22 | 14 | 32 | 10 | 20 |
| June | 5 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 16 |
| July | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | - | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 21 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 24 |
| August | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 16 |
| September | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 25 |
| October | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 31 | 39 | 28 | 16 | 26 |
| November | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 21 | 28 | 27 | 16 | 43 |
| December | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 6 | 33 | 44 | 28 | 42 | 36 |
| Totals | 72 | 50 | 86 | 41 | 77 | 84 | 83 | 93 | 73 | 101 | 86 | 145 | 112 | 85 | 128 | 55 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 297 | 296 | 303 | 206 | 327 |