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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Edmonton 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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(Table III.) CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1903.
EDMONTON URBAN DISTRICT.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in Each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Angel Road Ward. | Bury Street Ward. | Church Street Ward. | Fore Street Ward. | Silver Street Ward. | Total. | Angel Road Ward. | Bury Street Ward. | Church Street Ward. | Fore Street Ward. | Silver Street Ward. | ||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||||||
| Small-pox | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 18 | - | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 7 | 6 | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Memb. Croup | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | - | - | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 63 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 1 | - | — | 1 | - | - |
| Scarlet fever | 119 | 1 | 35 | 68 | 13 | 2 | - | 21 | 19 | 38 | 15 | 26 | 57 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 16 |
| Typhus fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| Enteric fever | 28 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | - | 2 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Relapsing fever | — | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued fever | 3 | - | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 3 | - | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plague | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken Pox | 141 | 17 | 65 | 57 | 2 | — | — | 24 | 37 | 36 | 16 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 377 | 22 | 111 | 145 | 36 | 49 | 4 | 58 | 83 | 109 | 49 | 78 | 79 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 11 | 19 |
| Isolation Hospital—Enfield Isolation Hospital, situated in Enfield Urban District. | ||||||||||||||||||