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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TABLE III.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1909.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in Each Ward. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Ward. | |||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Beckton and North Wool wich 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. | Plasliet Ward East. | Plashet Ward West. | Total. | ||
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 271 | 2 | 75 | 169 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 50 | 92 | 56 | 19 | 34 | 271 | 15 | 50 | 82 | 41 | 13 | 23 | 224 | |
Erysipelas | 108 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 67 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 11 | 108 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | |
Scarlet Fever | 576 | 3 | 143 | 361 | 50 | 19 | .. | 51 | 114 | 96 | 121 | 109 | 85 | 576 | 39 | 83 | 70 | 78 | 77 | 46 | 393 | |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric Fever | 10 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 4 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 8 | |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Totals | 966 | 6 | 227 | 540 | 75 | 104 | 14 | 81 | 186 | 222 | 207 | 139 | 131 | 966 | 56 | 135 | 154 | 124 | 91 | 69 | 629 | |
Phthisis | Poor Law | 45 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 35 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
Voluntary | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 9 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |