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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
Holborn 1898
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1898
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TABLE IV. INFECTIOUS DISEASES RETURN for 52 weeks ending December, 1898.
| DATE. | 2 weeks, ending— | 8 Jan. | 22 Jan, | 5 Feb. | 19 Feb. | 5 March. | 19 March. | 2 April. | 16 April. | | 30 April. | 14 May, | 28 May. | 11 June. | 25 June. | 9 July. | 23 July. | G August. | 20 August. | 3 Sept. | 17 Sept. | 1 October. | 15 October. | 29 October. | 12 Nov. | 26 Nov. | 10 Dec. | 24 Dec. | |
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| Small-pox. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scarlatina and Scarlet Fever. | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Typhoid Fever and Enteric Fever. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| Typhus Fever. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Continued Fever. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||