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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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| 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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| Hydatid Disease | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scurvy | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other Diseases of Altered | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Food Chronic Industrial Poisoning | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other Chronic Poisoning | |||||||||||||||||||
| Osteo Arthritis (Rheumatoid Arthritis) | 9 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Gout | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Purpura Hæmorrhagica | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hæmophilia | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Anaemia (Leucocythæmia) | 16 | - | - | 2 | - | 12 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | 2 | - |
| Lymphadenoma (Hodgkin's Disease) | 4 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Injury at Birth | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Atelectasis | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | - |
| Congenital Malformations | 28 | 26 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Want of Breast Milk | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Dentition | 8 | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | - |
| Rickets | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| General Paralysis of Insane | 15 | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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