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Holborn 1899

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1899

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Table: Medical Officer's Report.

Medical Officer's Report.

1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.
Measles2,6333,6971,9293,0752,143
Small-pox5591613
Scarlet Fever829942780583398
Diphtheria2,3162,6832,2611,7721,964
Whooping Cough1.4832,9371,8422,1601,720
Fever (Typhoid, etc.)629609593598804
Diarrhoea3,6003.2234,1044,3764,196
Totals11,54514,10011,52512,56511,228

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THE NOTIFICATION AND PREVENTION OF INFECTIOUS
DISEASE.
During the year there were notified 258 cases of infectious disease: the
corresponding number for 1895, 1896, 1897, and 1898 being 333, 280, 339,
and 283 respectively.

Table: The numbers of the separate diseases were :—

The numbers of the separate diseases were :—

1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.
Small-pox311000
Scarlet Fever16011411496117
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup606715813863
Puerperal Fever12021
Typhus Fever01000
Typhoid or Enteric Fever202925932
Continued Fever01002
Erysipelas6165423843
Totals333280339283258

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For further details see Table II.

Table: And in Registration London the notifications have been :—

And in Registration London the notifications have been :—

1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.
Small-pox9792251043229
Scarlet Fever19,75725,64722,84816,89418,112
Diphtheria10,77213,36212,80311,54313,363
Membranous Croup451446389312338
Enteric or Typhoid Fever3,5063,1903,1033,0244,460
Typhus Fever14641614
Other continued Fevers108106685669
Puerperal Fever236277264247329
Cholera2913382315
Erysipelas5,6606,4365,7945,1695,615
Totals41,51249,70845,41537,31642,344