London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| All ages. | 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-65 | 65 and upwards. | New Town. | Forest Gate. | High Street. | Broadway. | Park. | Upton. | West Ham. | Plaistow. | Hudsons. | Canning Town | Tidal Basin. | Custom House &. Silvertown. | ||
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| 1 Small-pox— | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Vaccinated | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Unvaccinated | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Not stated | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Measles | 157 | 26 | 127 | 4 | — | — | 15 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 27 | ||
| 3 Scarlet Fever | 55 | — | 33 | 18 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 5 | 4 | — | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 4 Typhus Fever | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 Epidemic Influenza | 33 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||||||
| 6 Whooping Cough | 163 | 68 | 88 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 32 | 29 | 12 | |||||
| 7 Diphtheria | 80 | 7 | 56 | 17 | — | — | — | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 8 Enteric Fever | 16 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 9 Asiatic Cholera | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 100 | 79 | 16 | — | — | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |||||
| 11 Epidemic Enteritis | 134 | 104 | 26 | — | 1 | _ | 5 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | i | 9 | 11 | 17 | 19 | ||||
| 12 Other Allied Diseases | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 Hydrophobia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 Glanders, Farcy |