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 Port of London]
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Table D.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
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Disease. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | Mean Annual number for the 5 years. | fCUSAQj Total number for 1902, |
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(a) Cases reported: | |||||||
Cholera | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |||
Plague (including suspected cases) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 10 | |
Small.pox | 26 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 93 | |
Scarlet Fever | 31 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 13 | |
Diphtheria | 18 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 26 | |
Enteric Fever | 51 | 53 | 66 | 126 | 78 | 66 | |
Measles | 5 | 18 | 38 | 67 | 83 | 36 | |
Erysipelas | 5 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
Typhus Fever | 1 | ||||||
Continued Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
Other diseases (including Chicken. pox) | 22 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 14 | |
Total | 170 | 111 | 160 | 265 | 267 | 285 | |
Cholera | |||||||
Plague (including suspected cases) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 4 | ||
Small.pox | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 29 | |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
Diphtheria | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
Enteric Fever | 34 | 27 | 23 | 55 | 37 | 27 | |
Measles | 10 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 11 | ||
Erysipelas | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
Typhus Fever | |||||||
Continued Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
Other diseases (including Chicken. pox) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 8 | |
Total | 48 | 58 | 50 | 84 | 79 | 88 |