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 Leyton]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES (NOTIFICATION) ACT, 1890.
The following table shews tbe number of cases notified during the year:—
Table X.—Numbeb of Cases notified.
Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. | |
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Small Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Scarlet Fever | 38 | 49 | 26 | 29 | 49 | 27 | 39 | 50 | 47 | 65 | 36 | 46 = | 501 |
Diphtheria | 15 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 26 | 16 | 21 = | 187 |
Membranous Croup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 = | 26 |
Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Typhoid Fever | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 = | 61 |
Simple Continued Fever | 1 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — = | 11 |
Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — = | — |
Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — = | 3 | |
Erysipelas | 6 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 12 = | 122 |
69 | 91 | 45 | 55 | 74 | 57 | 71 | 87 | 87 | 120 | 70 | 85 = | 911 | |
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