Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1905.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in Each Ward. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Ward. | ||||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Beckton and North Woolwich Ward. | Central Ward East. | Central Ward West. | Manor Park Ward. | Plashet Ward East. | Plashet Ward West. | Total. | Beckton and North Woolwich Ward. | Central Ward East. | Central Ward West. | Manor Park Ward. | Plashet Ward East. | Plashet Ward West. | Total. | |
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 277 | 6 | 92 | 131 | 22 | 26 | .. | 20 | 49 | 49 | 84 | 38 | 37 | 277 | 15 | 28 | 29 | 47 | 15 | 18 | 152 |
Membranous Croup | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .. | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 6 |
Erysipelas | 129 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 78 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 18 | 129 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Scarlet Fever | 968 | 9 | 281 | 601 | 55 | 22 | .. | 35 | 129 | 255 | 212 | 149 | 188 | 968 | 22 | 48 | 96 | 89 | 47 | 81 | 383 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 77 | .. | 5 | 28 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 77 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 60 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 1473 | 20 | 394 | 781 | 108 | 163 | 7 | 73 | 227 | 371 | 341 | 204 | 257 | 1473 | 43 | 94 | 153 | 144 | 67 | 105 | 606 |