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.-III.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1906.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | Cases notified in whole district. | Total cases notified in each Ward. | Number of cases removed to Hospital from each Ward. | Total Removals. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At all ages. | At ages—Years. | 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. | |||||||
Under 1. | 1-5. | 5-15. | 15-25. | 25-65. | 65 and upwards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diphtheria | 657 | 8 | 254 | 320 | 38 | 37 | ... | 26 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 43 | 41 | 45 | 121 | 80 | 93 | 71 | 75 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 23 | 15 | 29 | 82 | 48 | 67 | 47 | 47 | 416 |
Scarlet Fever | 1,703 | 17 | 543 | 992 | 110 | 41 | ... | 70 | 112 | 72 | 60 | 55 | 180 | 160 | 237 | 204 | 128 | 150 | 275 | 37 | 51 | 45 | 32 | 23 | 89 | 92 | 112 | 95 | 76 | 56 | 122 | 830 |
Enteric Fever | 373 | ... | 40 | 126 | 92 | 115 | ... | 11 | 7 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 82 | 26 | 39 | 117 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 1 | ... | 21 | 14 | 45 | 19 | 21 | 77 | 226 |
Erysipelas | 230 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 156 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 10 |
Puerperal Fever | 18 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 15 | ... | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
Small-pox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cholera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Membranous Croup | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 |
Typhus Fever | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relapsing Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
Continued Fever | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plague | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Totals | 2,994 | 30 | 856 | 1455 | 273 | 366 | 14 | 121 | 150 | 133 | 100 | 112 | 234 | 266 | 416 | 392 | 272 | 287 | 511 | 65 | 69 | 78 | 46 | 51 | 104 | 147 | 210 | 190 | 162 | 124 | 248 | 1,494 |