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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Disease. | Year. | No . of Cases notified. | Rate per 1,000 Persons living | No. of Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 Per-sonsliving | Percentage of Deaths to Attacks. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 1889 | 806 | 4.2 | 87 | .40 | 9 per cent. |
1890 | 921 | 4.6 | 49 | .24 | 5 ,, | |
1891 | 742 | 3.5 | 29 | .14 | 4 „ | |
1892 | 2,023 | 9.5 | 70 | .32 | 3 „ | |
1893 | 2,184 | 9.9 | 83 | .37 | 3 „ | |
1894 | 1,061 | 4.7 | 33 | .14 | 3 „ | |
1895 | 1,404 | 6.0 | 42 | .18 | 3 „ | |
1896 | 1,601 | 6.7 | 56 | .23 | 3.5 „ | |
1897 | 1,143 | 4.6 | 29 | .11 | 2.6 „ | |
1898 | 959 | 3.8 | 23 | .09 | 2.4 „ | |
1899 | 787 | 3.0 | 18 | .07 | 2.1 „ | |
1900 | 713 | 2.7 | 14 | .05 | 1.9 „ | |
Diphtheria | 1889 | 145 | .75 | 32 | .16 | 23 per cent. |
1890 | 232 | 1.10 | 50 | .25 | 21 | |
1891 | 179 | .86 | 55 | .26 | 30 „ | |
1892 | 401 | 1.80 | 100 | .47 | 24 „ | |
1893 | 470 | 2.10 | 104 | .47 | 22 | |
1894 | 847 | 3.70 | 192 | .85 | 22 | |
1895 | 850 | 3.61 | 186 | .80 | 21.3 " | |
1896 | 894 | 3.72 | 193 | .81 | 21.5 „ | |
1897 | 675 | 2.73 | 99 | .40 | 14.7 „ | |
1898 | 969 | 3.81 | 179 | .71 | 18.4 „ | |
1899 | 1,256 | 4.90 | 181 | .70 | 14.6 „ | |
1900 | 1,300 | 4.91 | 161 | .61 | 12.3 „ | |
Enteric Fever | 1889 | 171 | .89 | 39 | .20 | 22 per cent. |
1890 | 254 | 1.27 | 43 | .21 | 17 „ | |
1891 | 248 | 1.20 | 49 | .23 | 19 | |
1892 | 138 | .64 | 23 | .10 | 17 | |
1893 | 359 | 1.63 | 68 | .31 | 18 „ | |
1894 | 236 | 1.04 | 44 | .19 | 18 „ | |
1895 | 320 | 1.32 | 62 | .26 | 19.3 „ | |
1896 | 373 | 1.51 | 66 | .27 | 17.6 „ | |
1897 | 290 | 1.13 | 51 | .20 | 17.5 „ | |
1898 | 461 | 1.84 | 74 | .29 | 16 „ | |
1899 | 467 | 1.82 | 83 | .32 | 15.6 „ | |
1900 | 354 | 1.31 | 68 | .25 | 19.2 „ |
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