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]
This page requires JavaScript
(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 Typhoid | Continued | |||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | I | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Stratford Ward ... | 42,982 | 49,083 | j 3,399 | Under 5 | 1 | 114 | 29 | ... | ... | 4 | ... |
5 upwds | ... | 179 | 54 | ... | ... | 56 | 2 | ||||
Forest Gate Ward | 49,322 | 82,530 | Under 5 | 1 | 72 | 45 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | |
5 upwds. | 2 | 170 | 129 | ... | ... | 58 | 3 | ||||
Plaistow Ward—H | 57,848 | 76,615 | 2,906 | Under 5 | ... | 134 | 86 | ... | ... | 7 | ... |
5 upwds | ... | 238 | 207 | ... | ... | 68 | 2 | ||||
Canning Town Ward | 54,750 | 55,988 | 2,456 | Under 5 | ... | 84 | 61 | ... | ... | 7 | ... |
5 upwds. | 1 | 152 | 64 | ... | ... | 89 | 2 | ||||
Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
5 upwds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
5 upwds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
5 upwds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
5 upwds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
5 upwds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
Totals | 204902 | 264216 | 8,761 | Under 5 | 2 | 404 | 221 | ... | ... | 19 | 2 |
5 upwds. | 3 | 739 | 454 | ... | ... | 271 | 9 |
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;