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 1910.
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 (including Membranous Croup) | 142 | 2 | 50 | 82 | 6 | 2 | .. | 22 | 26 | 16 | 33 | 19 | 26 | 142 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 25 | 17 | 20 | 115 | |
Erysipelas | 104 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 65 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 31 | 15 | 18 | 104 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | 11 | |
Scarlet Fever | 329 | 1 | 94 | 198 | 25 | 11 | .. | 52 | 34 | 77 | 50 | 36 | 80 | 329 | 43 | 23 | 57 | 45 | 22 | 56 | 246 | |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric Fever | 19 | .. | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | .. | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal Fever | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Totals | 600 | 10 | 151 | 292 | 52 | 87 | 8 | 78 | 84 | 120 | 121 | 71 | 126 | 600 | 62 | 55 | 77 | 78 | 40 | 78 | 390 | |
Phthisis | Poor Law | 56 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 50 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 56 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 44 |
Voluntary | 30 | .. | .. | 2 | 9 | 19 | .. | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. | 2 | 12 |