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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD TABLE.— III.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1904.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | Cases notified in whole district. | Total cases | in each Ward. | Number of cases removed to Hospital from each Ward. | Total Removals. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | Under 1. | At ages—Years. | 15 and upwards | New Town. | Forest Gate. | High Street. | Broadway. | Park. | 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | 15 | ... | ... | 4 | 6 | 5 | ... | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 14 | ||
| Cholera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 518 | 10 | 195 | 249 | 39 | 25 | ... | 34 | 33 | 23 | 28 | 22 | 30 | 43 | 73 | 78 | 60 | 35 | 59 | 29 | 26 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 28 | 43 | 59 | 42 | 23 | 39 | 347 | ||
| Membranous Croup | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 7 | ||
| Erysipelas | 216 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 30 | 136 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 19 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 949 | 6 | 312 | 539 | 56 | 36 | 63 | 61 | 116 | 72 | 44 | 34 | 123 | 108 | 123 | 100 | 57 | 48 | 40 | 40 | 71 | 45 | 33 | 23 | 71 | 72 | 83 | 50 | 40 | 26 | 594 | |||
| Typhus Fever | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 198 | 1 | 12 | 66 | 42 | 76 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 19 | 120 | ||
| Relapsing Fever | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Continued Fever | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 17 | ... | 2 | 15 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ||||||
| Plague | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1,920 | 25 | 532 | 882 | 176 | 293 | 18 | 125 | 119 | 179 | 125 | 95 | 84 | 216 | 225 | 242 | 213 | 137 | 166 | 81 | 76 | 106 | 72 | 02 | 36 | 116 | 131 | 155 | 116 | 70 | 90 | 1,101 | ||