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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
Islington 1900
Forty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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95 [1900
Table LXXX. Showing the Number of Cases of Infectious Disease which were notified in the several Months during the Year 1900. n.b.—(Duplicate Notifications have been deducted.)
| Month. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric (Typhoid) Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Cholera. | Total each Month. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | ... | 53 | 50 | ... | 21 | ... | 21 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 146 |
| February | ... | 71 | 53 | ... | 13 | ... | 23 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 163 |
| March | ... | 98 | 34 | ... | 15 | ... | 27 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 175 |
| April | ... | 68 | 26 | ... | 9 | ... | 14 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 118 |
| May | ... | 71 | 52 | 2 | 16 | ... | 24 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 167 |
| June | ... | 71 | 52 | ... | 21 | 1 | 26 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 172 |
| July | ... | 80 | 42 | 2 | 13 | ... | 19 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 156 |
| August | ... | 53 | 42 | 1 | 16 | ... | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 128 |
| September | ... | 103 | 64 | ... | 37 | ... | 26 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 231 |
| October | ... | 130 | 66 | ... | 28 | ... | 31 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 261 |
| November | 2 | 143 | 65 | 2 | 30 | ... | 27 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 271 |
| December | ... | 133 | 78 | 2 | 40 | ... | 31 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 288 |
| Totals | 2 | 1,074 | 624 | 9 | 259 | 1 | 285 | 16 | 6 | ... | ... | 2,276 |