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 Richmond]
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NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FROM 1891 to 1903.
Disease. | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 |
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Small-pox | .. | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 11 | 1 |
Scarlet fever | 113 | 66 | 126 | 246 | 202 | 92 | 112 | 93 | 148 | 78 | 52 | 92 | 119 |
Diphtheria & membraneous croup | 11 | 18 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 25 | 31 | 25 | 41 | 39 | 43 |
Enteric fever | 11 | 36 | 6 | 10 | '5 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 13 |
Continued fever | 20 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | 10 | 14 | 44 | 37 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 41 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 18 |
Puerperal fever | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Total | 167 | 141 | 197 | 321 | 243 | 134 | 166 | 155 | 236 | 154 | 131 | 177 | 195 |