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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Notified Cases and Percentage of Deaths to Attacks during the past Eight Years.
Disease. | Year. | No. of Cases notified. | No. of Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths to Attacks. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlatina | 1889 | 806 | 78 | 9 per cent. |
1890 | 921 | 49 | 5„ | |
1891 | 742 | 29 | 4 „ | |
1892 | 2,023 | 70 | 3 „ | |
1893 | 2,184 | 83 | 3 „ | |
1894 | 1,061 | 33 | 3 „ | |
1895 | 1,404 | 42 | 3 „ | |
1896 | 1,601 | 56 | 3*5 „ | |
Diphtheria — | 1889 | 145 | 32 | 23„ |
1890 | 232 | 50 | 21„ | |
1891 | 179 | 55 | 30 „ | |
1892 1893 | 401 470 | 100 104 | 24 22 „ | |
1894 | 847 | 192 | 22 | |
1895 | 850 | 186 | 21.3 „ | |
1896 | 894 | 193 | 21.5 „ | |
Enteric Fever | 1889 | 171 | 39 | 22 |
1890 | 254 | 43 | 17 „ | |
1891 | 248 | 49 | 19„ | |
1892 | 138 | 23 | 17 „ | |
1893 | 359 | 68 | 18 „ | |
1894 | 236 | 44 | 18 „ | |
1895 | 320 | 62 | 19.3 „ | |
1896 | 373 | 66 | 17.6 „ |