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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 1910
[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 4 Silvertown. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox— Vaccinated | . | |||||||||||||||||||
| Not Vaccinated | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Doubtful | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Measles | 100 | 16 | 76 | 8 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 17 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 41 | 10 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 19 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Whooping Cough | 83 | 31 | 48 | 4 | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | |
| Diphtheria | 50 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 1 | – | – | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | 3 | 4 | 15 | 7 | – | 7 | 4 | 2 | |
| Enteric Fever | 17 | – | – | 2 | 7 | 8 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Diarrhœa | 113 | 73 | 38 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 17 | |
| Other Epidemic Diseases | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | |
| Gastro-Enteritis | 88 | 49 | 23 | – | – | 10 | 6 | 5 | – | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 11 | |
| Croup | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 32 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 3 | 4 | |
| Peri- and Endo carditis | 243 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 136 | 63 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 30 | |
| Hypertrophy of Heart (Fatty Degeneration) | 24 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Tuberculosis of Lung | 337 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 56 | 238 | 14 | 15 | 28 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 45 | 42 | 33 | 29 | 45 | 39 | |
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