Distribution of small-pox in the metropolis during successive periods of the decennium 1870-85 : with a report on small-pox in West Ham during 1884-85.
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- 1888
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Credit: Distribution of small-pox in the metropolis during successive periods of the decennium 1870-85 : with a report on small-pox in West Ham during 1884-85. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Period : Septembeb 1884 to September 1885 (Notes on 1884-85 Epidemic to date.) L 5 (a). . — '•r'w so oate.) The -mall-pox of the b. period, like that of the K. period precedinn- it belmt» i previous epidemics. In the L. period, as in other second cycles of eridemfoa ^Tn * difrerently fl'°m small-pox of corresponding periods He immediately preceding it. But the L. period differed from the c.orrcR^\,^,}:P°K.^IV7.mnoh m?re prevalent and fatal than in the in previous epiueum.». 4j. p^,„u, iu umer sucoiHi cycJos of epidemics »m,n „ ' ^ ™ ou'l'1'1 ,J1 currusponaing periods '«le immediately preceding it. Bnt the L. period differed from the corresnZdi,^,? i™ TmUC-h m?re Prevalcn* and fatal than in the pronounced small-pox in the epidemic to which it belonged. This 188] 85 c,,,d™tT, S°ftP?,10°lf dmic,s ln that ifc was the last cycle of [[lasted little over 18 months. By September 1885 small-pox was expiring and bv the l' '• ■ ' TiaJ?? S™1,0?80*, than ^cedent epidemics. la foe I., period which thus comprised the acme and decadence of ar e»ir e™i<-ihe&™mg .^J88® had all but died out of London. «m.iU-pox were both conflicting and complex. Not least important among them wn^t ™nousmfluences determining the chief incidences of its West Ham just outside the east boundary of the metropolis (see West Ham%epo7t mJeV?^^ ff87*10110?, of the diseaSe in the Parish of preceding period, especially m the neighbourhood of the West Ham Small-pox Fo^nf/i ♦ i f-?aJ? ?mall-P°?. which had grown np in the fncreased virulence in the houses of a populous area of Essex that is pract =allv r?nH' dtc,d i*9^ m the winter of 1884-85 with'greatly !ffl i:i „„t t,,.. _nnr no»f„.V 4- _T * _ j . , u ijidOUUUT Continuous With East T.rvndnn T!,, „ 4: i? ttt_ ... ieen affected H,. >«•••• .'.':>'i;i turirss, <>V<T III,-. \ \ 11 < , |, imtIihI ,,| r., ' I «-~^ ~~ w * UJii IS COtermillOUS HiCK-vn- N. containing the M. A. B. Hospital in chief use for small-pox an few of Pth™,C V™ °/ *e8e Eas* dLstriots was able to displace West Ham and separated from it by the Thames) which had been accommodating in thS? vX\ f of.ccrta™ South districts (distant from 6mall-pox than Homerton. The facts are shown in the subjoined table, which exhibits X P! aPPrcciab.le> th°?g ^ smaller, amount of by a further table contrasting the position as regards small-pox mortality of the several ° fc1^/ j ■ I' Pr4eTJ0US epidemics. And it is followed jth their rank in the ten years 1861-70, before M. A. B. hospitals were established Velal metl'°Pohtan dlst»cts in the ten years under discussion January 1S7U to September 1870. Bank in ' l*'-;'!- I Rank. (Worst to (Worst Best.) („ Best.) 25th 6th 4th 7th 5th 2nd 23rd 8th Dth 13th [ith 9th 30th 10th 22nd 3rd 15th 26th a?q. 18th 20th seq. 24th 16th 2Gth seq. 14th 29th nth 19th 26th acq. Small- pox Death- nite per 100,000. Locality of Districts, and Number and Percentage of M. A. IS. Acute Small-pox Cases received by Hospitals in Period. September 1879 (o September 1883. Bank. (Worst to Best.) 1st sss-6 X. Homcr/on,4,<;m (=jo'i). 7th W1 E. 3rd !2ig E. 5th E. 2nd Ity'l E. I2th m'l E. (ith <73'6 S. 19th dg'i E. 23rd spi C. 4th 1ST 4 S. 6th S. Sei>t/ord, 2,000 (=«•/)• 10th AM'o S. 26th 4S-0 N. (Highgate H. ?) 21st 66-0 N. Ilampstead, 3,(100 (=28'0). 22nd «J-« C. 16th lOO'o N. 11th <M/ E. 9th iWs S. Slockwell, 3,300 (=«•«). 14th /os-s w. Fulham, 1,750 (=«4). SOth »•/ S. 28th 447 C. 18th TVi) Jf. 15th *os-!i W. 17th M-3 xy_ ISth <oo-« s. S9th «-a g. S4th ai-a xy. 25«> *4-4 C. 20th as-, w. Jth 4SV W. Small- pox Death- rate per 100,000. Locality of Districts, and Number and Percentage of I. A. It. Acute Small-pox Case received by Hospitals in Period. 2nd 7th 11th 12th 5th 6th 4th 3rd 27th 9th 1st 8th 13th 30th 10th 22nd 10th 15th 18th 19th 14th 26th 23rd 21th 17th 25th 28th 21st 29th 20th *87'7 iiS(f<) *iV (?4s W7 Wo 173-7 33'Q •60-6 130'1 03'3 ■17-6 si-6 Wi 10Q'S 60-7 48' 2 6rs 33'5 i0'4 s6'i sS'S sro WO Itomerton,3A60 (=25-9). Dept.£'Atlas',5,920 (= >,',-.}) (HighgatcH., 1,183.) llampstead not in use. Stockmcll, 1,920 (=^4-4). 1'ulham, 2,048 (=«■«). DlSTKICTS. September 1883 to September 1885. Bank, t wors to Best.) Small- pox Dcat li- rate per 100,000. .Locality of Districts, and Number and Percentage of M. A. B. Acute Small-pox Cases received by Hospitals in Period. xlAt/lljN jLj 1 1st i6i'f) N 7Tnnif>yfnii 1(1^! / oA'n\ St. George's-in-East 2nd 125-1 E. Poplar 3rd 112-4 Mile End - 4th 109-8 E. Stepney - 5th 104-0 E. Eethnal Green - (ith 9S-4 E. Camberwell 7th 97-3 S. Shoreditch 8th 87-7 E. St. Giles & St. Geo. - 9 th 85-9 C. St. Saviour 10th 82-S S. • GREENWICH- - 11th 82-3 S. Dcptford, 1,119 (=o-j). S. St. Wave - - - 12th 81-J ISLINGTON' - 13th 81-0 N. (Highgate H., 620 to Jan.1885.) HAMPSTEAD - - 14th 79-2 N. Hampstead, 77G Holborn - 15th 54-6 C. St. Pancras 16th 53-2 N. wTiitechapel - 17th 47-6 E. LAMBETH - ■ 18th 46-9 S. Stockwell, 731 (=«-.?). PUIHAM - - - 19th 38-3 W. Fulham,m<j{=s-i). Woolwich - 20th 35-9 S. Strand 21st 33-8 C St. Marylebone 22nd 33-5 N. Chelsea ... 23rd 32-9 W. Kensington 24th 31-2 w. Wandsworth - 25th 28-S s. lewisham - 26th 25-0 s. St. Geo., H. Square 27th 22-3 w. City - - - 28th 19-4 c. Paddington 29th 14-9 w. Westminster - 30th 12-8 w. 'Plaistow, 645 (=j'3)l .Ships, 1,820 (=41-0)J E 5502C. See footnote to page 4.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24399279_0089.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
