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 West Ham]
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The fact mentioned above that Plaistow Ward suffered enormously throughout the epidemic as
compared with the other three wards is shown in the table below, which gives the cases occurring monthly
distributed to their respective localities. From this it will be seen that out of the 935 cases 557 occurred
in Plaistow Ward, and that, while Stratford Ward was responsible for 11 per cent. of the total
number, Forest Gate for 12 per cent., and Canning Town for 17 per cent., no less than 59 per cent.
of the cases developed in Plaistow, a much larger percentage than is warranted by the population.
TABLE shewing monthly attacks of small-pox.
Period. | Stratford. | Forest Gate. | Plaistow. | Canning Town. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1893.—Feb. | 1 | 7 | 3 | i |
Mar. | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
Apr. | 3 | — | 19 | 7 |
May | 9 | 1 | 44 | 12 |
June | 2 | 5 | 49 | 15 |
July | 5 | 1 | 43 | 1 |
Aug. | 1 | 36 | 2 | |
Sept. | 3 | - | 46 | 20 |
Oct. | 1 | 1 | 23 | 2 |
Nov. | — | 3 | 22 | 9 |
Dec. | 6 | 2 | l6 | 10 |
1894.—Jan. | 6 | 6 | 24 | 16 |
Feb. | 16 | 8 | 40 | 12 |
Mar. | 16 | 22 | 29 | 11 |
Apr. | 11 | 19 | 91 | 15 |
May | 16 | 30 | 56 | 20 |
June | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 |
Total | 101 | 116 | 557 | 161 |
243 | 247 | |||
Percentage of Cases | 11% | 12% | 17% | |
Percentage of | ||||
Population | 18.8% | 26% | 28.8% | 26.4% |