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 II.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1913.
Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | 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 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 15 and under 65 years. | 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 Fast. | Plashet Ward West. | Total. | |
Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria (including Membranous | 258 | 2 | 67 | 172 | 11 | 6 | ... | ... | 32 | 95 | 57 | 43 | 19 | 12 | 258 | 19 | 88 | 51 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 219 |
Erysipelas | 119 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 35 | 15 | 17 | 19 | •23 | 29 | 12 | 19 | 119 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
Scarlet Fever | 526 | 3 | 104 | 354 | 52 | 12 | 1 | ... | 43 | 92 | 79 | 113 | 42 | 157 | 526 | 35 | 74 | 67 | 97 | 26 | 118 | 417 |
Typhus Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Enteric Fever | 19 | ... | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | a | 1 | 2 | ... | 19 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 19 | |
Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Fever | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ... | 1, | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 4 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 |
Poliomyelitis | 8 | ... | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Totals | 945 | 10 | 184 | 545 | 85 | 66 | 39 | 16 | 94 | 223 | 164 | 194 | 78 | 192 | 945 | 58 | 181 | 124 | 143 | 48 | 129 | 683 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 492 | ... | 19 | 123 | 88 | 192 | 64 | 6 | 49 | 91 | 138 | 102 | 45 | 67 | 492 | 21 | 43 | 41 | 48 | 26 | 32 | 211 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 196 | 2 | 38 | 105 | 32 | 11 | 8 | ... | 26 | 38 | 33 | 51 | 19 | 29 | 196 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 30 |