Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1911 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1911.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||
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At all Ages | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | North East. | South West. | North East. | South West. | |||
Small-pox | 4 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | — | 4 | |
Cholera | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 200 | 14 | 112 | 60 | 11 | 3 | — | — | 87 | 113 | 84 | 111 | |
Erysipelas | 247 | 13 | 12 | 28 | 25 | 69 | 70 | 30 | 131 | 116 | —_ | — | |
Scarlet Fever | 242 | 4 | 87 | 139 | 11 | 1 | — | — | 132 | 110 | 128 | 102 | |
Typhus Fever | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Enteric Fever | 31 | — | 1 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 1 | — | 23 | 8 | 23 | 6 | |
Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Continued Fever | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
Puerperal Fever | 14 | — | — | — | 8 | 6 | — | —_ | 3 | 11 | 3 | 10 | |
Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Phthisis | Under Tubercuculosis Regulations, 1908 | 200 | — | 4 | 11 | 27 | 113 | 40 | 5 | 116 | 84 | — | — |
Ditto 1911 | 398 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 94 | 237 | 46 | — | 188 | 210 | — | — | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 26 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | |
Epidemic Cerebrospinal | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
Chicken Pox | 125 | 17 | 64 | 42 | 2 | — | — | — | 54 | 71 | — | — | |
Polio Myelitis | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
Totals | 1496 | 78 | 284 | 308 | 190 | 444 | 157 | 35 | 752 | 744 | 244 | 238 |