Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report for 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE XV.—(III.)
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1909.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Total Casesnotified in each Locality. | No. of Casesremoved toHospital from each Locality. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | At Ages†—Years. | |||||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | North Chelsea. | South Chelsea. | North Chelsea. | South Chelsea. | Chelsea. | ||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 97 | 3 | 29 | 49 | 7 | 9 | .. | 48 | 49 | 43 | 43 | 86 |
Erysipelas | 38 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 28 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Scarlet Fever | 306 | 8 | 73 | 168 | 36 | 21 | .. | 171 | 135 | 165 | 123 | 288 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 12 | .. | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .. | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 456 | 13 | 103 | 222 | 47 | 64 | 7 | 245 | 211 | 214 | 175 | 389 |
Note.—The localities adopted for this table should be the same as those in
Tables II. and IV.
These age columns for notifications should be filled up in all cases where the Medical
Officer of Health, by inquiry or otherwise, has obtained the necessary information.