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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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD TABLE.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1903.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | Cases notified in whole district. | Total cases | in each Ward. | Number of cases removed to Hospital from each Ward. | Total Removals. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At all ages. | Under 1. | At ages—Years. | New Town. | Forest Gate. | High Street. | Broadway. | Park. | j Upton. | West Ham. | Plaistow. | Hudsons. | Canning Town. | Tidal Basin. | Custom House. | New Town. | Forest Gate. | High Street. | Broadway. | Park | Upton. | West Ham. | Plaistow. | Hudsons. | Canning Town. | Tidal Basin. | Custom House. | ||||||
1-5. | 5-15. | 15-25. | 25-65. | 65 and upwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Small-pox | 13 | ... | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | |
Cholera | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diphtheria | 544 | 10 | 196 | 246 | 46 | 46 | 28 | 80 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 45 | 54 | 73 | 70 | 67 | 59 | 15 | 65 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 51 | 57 | 36 | 40 | 352 | |
Membranous Croup | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 |
Erysipelas | 219 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 130 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 22 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 10 |
Scarlet Fever | 660 | 8 | 215 | 359 | 52 | 26 | 37 | 39 | 57 | 33 | 32 | 53 | 75 | 98 | 63 | 81 | 54 | 38 | 15 | 21 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 46 | 55 | 26 | 44 | 16 | 14 | 317 | |
Typhus Fever | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Enteric Fever | 237 | ... | 29 | 75 | 63 | 70 | ... | 10 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 68 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 128 |
Relapsing Fever | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Continued Fever | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Puerperal Fever | 18 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 14 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
Plague | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anthrax | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 1,700 | 34 | 453 | 707 | 203 | 291 | 12 | 91 | 142 | 116 | 78 | 72 | 89 | 159 | 259 | 185 | 198 | 170 | 141 | 40 | 90 | 55 | 41 | 29 | 31 | 88 | 124 | 90 | 108 | 62 | 70 | 828 |