Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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139
[1909
CONTINUED FEVER.
No case was notified. As a general rule it is notified as Enteric
Fever. Formerly, when there was a doubtful case, medical men notified it as
Continued Fever, but now bacteriological examinations and blood tests enable
them to arrive at a more correct diagnosis.
Table XCVII.
Scarlet Fever | 1494 | 1074 | 1286 | 1372 | 865 | 1146 | 1198 | 1386 | 1216 | 1409 | 1283 | 1285 | +2 |
Diphtheria | 688 | 624 | 902 | 871 | 452 | 347 | 351 | 437 | 480 | 552 | 584 | 425 | — |
Membranous Croup | 17 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | — 1 |
Enteric Fever | 353 | 259 | 281 | 257 | 130 | 126 | 100 | 149 | 92 | 97 | 190 | 95 | —95 |
Typhus Fever | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
Erysipelas | 350 | 285 | 285 | 357 | 227 | 280 | 252 | 274 | 252 | 235 | 288 | 221 | —67 |
Puerperal Fever | 33 | 16 | 34 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 24 | 14 | —10 | |
Continued Fever | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | —2 | |
Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cholera | 3* | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Totals | 2943 | 2276 | 2852 | 3164 | 1707 | 1941 | 1928 | 2275 | 2063 | 2289 | 2415 | 2049 | —366 |
*English Cholera.
† Case returned after a few days not Small Pox.