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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
West Ham 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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DEATHS DISTRIBUTED ACCORDING TO VARIOUS AGES AND LOCALITIES
DURING THE YEAR 1903.
| All ages. | 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-65 | 65 and upwards. | New Town | Forest Gats. | High Street. | Broadway. | Park. | Upton. | West Ham. | Plaistow. | Hudsons. | Canning Town. | Tidal Basin. | Custom House & Silvertown. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Small-pox— | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vaccinated | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Unvaccinated | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Not stated | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Measles | 143 | 25 | 106 | 12 | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 10 |
| 3 | Scarlet Fever | 17 | — | 14 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | I |
| 4 | Typhus Fever | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Epidemic Influenza | 16 | - | - | — | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Whooping Cough | 164 | 83 | 78 | 3 | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 21 | 17 | 22 | 19 |
| 7 | Diphtheria | 76 | 5 | 60 | 8 | — | 3 | — | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 8 |
| 8 | Enteric Fever | 34 | — | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | — | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| 9 | Asiatic Cholera | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 59 | 42 | 11 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 9 |
| 11 | Epidemic Enteritis | 231 | 184 | 43 | 1 | - | 3 | — | 8 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 28 | 34 | 41 | 42 |
| 12 | Other Allied Diseases | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 13 | Hydrophobia | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Glanders, Farcy | |||||||||||||||||||