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West Ham 1896

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

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(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 1896, in the Urban Sanitary District of West Ham; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Casks of Sickness in each knowledge op the medical.Locality, coming to the 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 1896.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membraneous Croup.Fevers.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membraneous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsingPuerperalTyphus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsingPuerperal
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Stratford42,98246,2091,650Under 5...131100......24........................815..............................
5 upwds....207222......98........................3829..............................
Forest Gate49,32257,9281,643Under 5...7488......2........................417..............................
5 upwds2356204......43......1...............3029..............................
Plaistow—H57,84873,5602,740Under 5110951......12.....................192..............................
5 upwds11231102......74......4............6469..............................
Canning Town54,75062,3032,486Under 5816556......14.....................7145..............................
5 upwds3732871......106......11............36308..............................
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Totals2049022400008,519Under 59479295......52.....................83539..............................
5 upwds.501122599......3216...16............4214475..............................

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 the sick of the District. Mark (H) the Locality in which such Hospital is situated; and if not within the District, state where it is situated.