Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 Food Chronic Industrial Poisoning | |||||||||||||||||||
Other Chronic Poisoning | |||||||||||||||||||
Osteo Arthritis (Rheumatoid Arthritis) | 12 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 7 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – |
Gout | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
Purpura Haemorrhagica | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Hæmophilia | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Anæmia (Leucocythæmia) | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
Lymphadenoma (Hodgkin's Disease) | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Injury at Birth | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Atelectasis | 13 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Congenital Malformations | 41 | 39 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Want of Breast Milk | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
Dentition | 13 | 6 | 7 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | – |
Rickets | 5 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | — | 1 | – | – | – | – |
General Paralysis of Insane | 26 | – | – | – | 1 | 25 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |