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Holborn 1898

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1898

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11
Medical Officer's Report.
THE NOTIFICATION AND PREVENTION OF INFECTIOUS
DISEASE.
During the year there were notified 283 cases of infectious disease: the
corresponding number for 1895, 1896, and 1897 being 333, 280, and 339
respectively.

Table: The numbers of the separate diseases were :—

The numbers of the separate diseases were :—

1895.1896.1897.1898.
Small-pox31100
Scarlet Fever16011411496
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup6067158138
Puerperal Fever1202
Typhus Fever0100
Typhoid or Enteric Fever2029259
Continued Fever0100
Erysipelas61654238
Totals333280339283

Table: For further details see Table II. And in Registration London the notifications have been :—

For further details see Table II. And in Registration London the notifications have been :—

1895.1896.1897.1898.
Small-pox97922510435
Scarlet Fever19,75725,64722,84816,917
Diphtheria10.77213,36212,80311,561
Membranous Croup451446389310
Enteric or Typhoid Fever3.5063,1903.1033,032
Typhus Fever146417
Other continued Fevers1081066855
Puerperal Fever236277264250
Cholera29133823
Erysipelas5,6606,4365,7945,180
Totals41,51249,70845,41537.38o

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The "corrected" return for 1898 has not yet been received from the
Metropolitan Asylums Board.