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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 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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Table: TABLE II.CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1915.

TABLE II.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1915.

Notifiable Disease.Number of Cases Notified.Total Cases Notified in Each Ward.Total. Cases Removed to Hospital.
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.45 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.
Small Pox................................................
Cholera................................................
Plague................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup).20425313784......264834252843204188
Erysipelas9631373241910192319718965
Scarlet Fever49921133233922......7981701305386499402
Typhus Fever................................................
Enteric Fever5......2...3......2...1.........55
Relapsing Fever................................................
Continued Fever................................................
Puerperal Fever4............31......112......4...
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis8...2231......3...4...1...81
Poliomyelitis1...1.....................1.........1...
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1616..................13342316...
Pulmonary Tuberculosis34223768713439144728471254634270
Other forms of Tuberculosis82213431482...9191721798210
Totals12572718658615820783101742452382721232051257681