Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1910
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1910.
Disease. | Total number of notifications received. | Relating to cases. | Errors of diagnosis and cases occurring in hospital | Nett number of cases. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Small-Pox | — | — | — | — |
Cholera | — | — | — | — |
Diphtheria | 129 | 125 | 11 | 114 |
Membraneous Croup | 6 | 5 | _ | 5 |
Erysipelas | 148 | 138 | _ | 138 |
Scarlet Fever | 302 | 300 | 30 | 270 |
Typhus Fever | — | — | - | — |
Enteric Fever | 27 | 24 | 4 | 20 |
Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - |
Continued Fever | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | 2 | — | 2 |
Plague | — | — | — | — |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 209 | 96 | 5 | 91 |
Anthrax | — | — | — | — |
Glanders | _ | _ | _ | _ |
Hydrophobia | — | — | — | — |
Total | 825 | 692 | 50 | 642 |
1909 | 1385 | 963 | 33 | 930 |
The following table shows the number of notifications received
during each of the last ten years :—
Notifications in the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford from 1900 to 1910.
Year. | Smallpox. | Diphtheria. | Membraneous Croup. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Chicken Pox. | Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Anthrax. | Glanders. | Hydrophobia. | Totals. | Measles. | Disinfections, (premises) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1900 | .. | 356 | .. | 171 | 504 | .. | 111 | 2 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1164 | .. | 673 |
1901 | 4 | 407 | 78 | 550 | 8 | 60 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 116 | .. | 925 | |
1902 | 139 | 253 | 4 | 147 | 638 | .. | 73 | .. | 3 | 1119 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2456 | .. | 1076 |
1903 | 2 | 449 | 11 | 134 | 501 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 46 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1184 | 273 | 1164 |
1904 | 11 | 186 | 4 | 146 | 501 | .. | 29 | .. | 8 | 2'04 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1129 | 1029 | 1507 |
1905 | 2 | 143 | 6 | 152 | 603 | .. | 33 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 946 | 600 | 1197 |
1906 | 1 | 303 | 8 | 161 | 649 | .. | 40 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1171 | 1007 | 1593 |
1907 | .. | 287 | 13 | 130 | 774 | .. | 34 | 4 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1248 | 796 | 1495 |
1908 | .. | 197 | 10 | 168 | 723 | .. | 29 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1131 | 850 | 1399 |
1909 | .. | 185 | 9 | 179 | 373 | .. | 33 | 4 | 6 | .. | 2 | 172 | .. | .. | .. | 963 | 467 | 1232 |
Average for past 10 yrs. | 15 | 276 | 6 | 146 | 581 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 5 | 146 | 4 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | 1250 | 495 | 1235 |
1910 | .. | 125 | 5 | 138 | 300 | .. | 24 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 96 | .. | .. | .. | 692 | 1114 | 1209 |