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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 1909
[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 1909.
| 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 Hospital. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cholera | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 472 | 8 | 180 | 209 | 41 | 34 | ... | 28 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 47 | 93 | 58 | 47 | 51 | 53 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 69 | 50 | 37 | 37 | 34 | 339 | |
| Erysipelas | 256 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 163 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 37 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 34 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1,618 | 7 | 455 | 998 | 118 | 40 | ... | 72 | 68 | 46 | 90 | 127 | 74 | 185 | 297 | 159 | 156 | 144 | 200 | 53 | 37 | 36 | 59 | 66 | 34 | 125 | 204 | 90 | 92 | 103 | 105 | 1,004 | |
| Typhus Fever | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 68 | ... | 4 | 13 | 15 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 51 | ||
| Relapsing Fever | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Continued Fever | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | |
| Plague | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 2,424 | 24 | 648 | 1245 | 211 | 278 | 18 | 121 | 106 | 81 | 124 | 154 | 106 | 270 | 429 | 265 | 238 | 238 | 292 | 82 | 52 | 57 | 76 | 80 | 44 | 162 | 283 | 158 | 140 | 149 | 149 | 1,432 | |