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. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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TABLE II.
TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS
Localities. | Population at all Ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5. | New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health. | Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Census 1896. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | |||||||||||||
Membranous Croup. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Membranous Croup. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | ||||
St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 13,077 | 168 | Under 5 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
5 upwards | .. | 16 | 9 | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 15 | 8 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Charing Cross Hospital | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
5 upwards | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | |||
Totals | Under 5 | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
5 upwards | .. | 17 | 13 | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 16 | 8 | .. | •• | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |