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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 1907
[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 1907.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | Cases notified in whole district. | Total cases notified in each Ward. | Number of cases removed to Hospital from each Ward. | Total Cases removed to Hospitals. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Cholera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 623 | 11 | 254 | 275 | 43 | 40 | ... | 24 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 34 | 68 | 113 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 80 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 45 | 76 | 45 | 61 | 48 | 46 | 392 |
| Erysipelas | 275 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 38 | 173 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 29 | 42 | 46 | 26 | 4 | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 |
| Scarlet fever | 1,777 | 23 | 503 | 1073 | 123 | 55 | ... | 84 | 200 | 128 | 69 | 68 | 137 | 257 | 221 | 134 | 159 | 162 | 158 | 42 | 96 | 59 | 38 | 31 | 45 | 94 | 90 | 39 | 64 | 44 | 68 | 710 |
| Typhus Fever | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 119 | ... | 17 | 35 | 24 | 43 | ... | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | ... | 1 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 86 |
| Relapsing Fever | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Continued Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Plague | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 2,805 | 47 | 788 | 1401 | 231 | 319 | 19 | 136 | 240 | 177 | 101 | 92 | 186 | 361 | 371 | 261 | 292 | 308 | 280 | 65 | 107 | 83 | 55 | 37 | 64 | 152 | 178 | 100 | 141 | 110 | 126 | 1,218 |