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West Ham 1897

[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 1897, in the West Ham Urban Sanitary District; classified according

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all a0e8.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.Nkw Casks of Sickness in each knowledge of the medical
Last Census.Estimated to middle of 1897.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.
Typhus.Enteric or TyphoidContinued
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)I234567
Stratford Ward ...42,98249,083j 3,399Under 5111429......4...
5 upwds...17954......562
Forest Gate Ward49,32282,530Under 517245......12
5 upwds.2170129......583
Plaistow Ward—H57,84876,6152,906Under 5...13486......7...
5 upwds...238207......682
Canning Town Ward54,75055,9882,456Under 5...8461......7...
5 upwds.115264......892
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Totals2049022642168,761Under 52404221......192
5 upwds.3739454......2719

State here whether "Notification of Infectious Disease" is compulsory in the
the columns with Blank headings the names of any that are notifiable in the District,
by the sick of the District. Mark (H) the Locality in which such Hospital is situated;