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 Walthamstow]
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TABLE XI.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1902.
1902. Notifications. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar | Apl | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept | Oct. | Nov | Dec | Total. | Deaths | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-Pox | Under 5 years | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
Over „ | 15 | 13 | 33 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 16 | |
Scarlet Fever | Under 5 years | 32 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 187 | 2 |
Over „ | 46 | 31 | 21 | 25 | 34 | 31 | 34 | 24 | 35 | 44 | 24 | 24 | 373 | 4 | |
Diphtheria | Under 5 years | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 11 |
Over „ | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 86 | 6 | |
Membranous Croup | Under 5 years | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
Over „ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Enteric Fever | Under 5 years | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Over „ | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 87 | 13 | |
Puerperal Fever | Under 5 years | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Over „ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |
Erysipelas | Under 5 years | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
Over „ | 12 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 120 | 2 | |
Chicken Pox | Under 5 years | 81 | 27 | 25 | 31 | 57 | 103 | 52 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 447 | 0 |
Over „ | 48 | 17 | 11 | 30 | 44 | 63 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 35 | 330 | 0 | |
Totals | 249 | 124 | 131 | 148 | 204 | 255 | 192 | 84 | 91 | 115 | 126 | 138 | 1860 | 63 |
1 he following Table shows the distribution of Infectious cases according
to Wards, and the increase or decrease as compared with 1901:—