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West Ham 1893

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

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Table: (B.)— Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1893, in the Urban Sanitary District of West Ham; classified according toDiseases, Ages, and Localities.

(B.)— Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1893, in the Urban Sanitary District of West Ham; classified according to

Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of those Statistics: Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1893.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous croup.Fevers.Cholera, English.Erysipelas.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a.)(b.)(c.)(d..)(e.)1234567891011121312345678910111213
Stratford38,61243,2371,604Under 512196714...7.....................9....................................
5 upwds.49425971...916...3...2......39....................................
Forest Gate53.51158,6361,580Under 5412833Not notifiable5...6............Not notifiable2......2....................................
5 upwds.19233521...291...1...2......9....................................
Plaistow—H.58,03064,6572,538Under 548203457...5............4......44....................................
5 upwds.185356463...51......1...7......174....................................
Canning Town54,75°60,8752,304Under 535249338...221......14......34....................................
5 upwds.79394116111483...523......74....................................
West Ham Hospital.........Under 5......1.....................................................................
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Totals204,903227,4058,026Under 59977618324...401......110......89....................................
5 upwds.3321,4083126131910...10214......296....................................

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State here whether "Notification of Infectious Disease" is compulsory in the District—Yes. Since when?—1888. Besides the above-mentioned Diseases,
insert in the columns with blank headings the names of any that are notifiable in the District, and fill the columns accordingly. State here the name of the
isolation hospital used by sick of the district. Mark (H) the ??? which such Hospital is situated; and if not within the district, state where it is