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 St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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SAINT PANCRAS, LONDON.
WEEKLY NUMBER OF CERTIFIED DEATHS FROM "THE DANGEROUS INFECTIOUS DISEASES," 1898.
Quarters | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Total. | Quarters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Months | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Months. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weeks ending | 8 | 15 | 22 | 29 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 30 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 25 | July 2 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 30 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 29 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 31 | Week ending. | |||||
Number of Week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 43 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | Number of Week | |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Small-pox |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 51 | Scarlet Fever. | |||
Diphtheria | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | .. | 95 | Diphtheria. |
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | Membranous Croup |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Typhus Fever. |
Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 42 | Enteric Fever. | |||
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Continued Fever. |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Relapsing Fever. |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | Puerperal Fever. |
Cholora | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | Cholera. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | Erysipelas. |
*Totals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 210 | Totals. |
Measles | 7 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .. | 3 | 110 | Measles. |
Whooping Cough | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 5 | 85 | Who oping Cough. |
Diarrhœa and Dysentery | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 29 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 261 | (Diarrhœ and Dysentery. |
* The diseases in this table are the dangerous infectious diseases." If the last four be withdrawn, and the four added below be substituted, it becomes a table of the " principal zymotic diseases."