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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The following Table XV. is of interest to show the estimated
population, number of cases of Infectious Diseases notified, with
Infectious Sickness rate, and the mean for the years since the
Notification Act came into operation. The estimated population is
that of the Registrar-General:—
TABLE XV.—
Years. | Population. | Scarlet Fever. | Small Pox. | Diphtheria. | Croup. | Typhus Fever. | Typhoid Fever. | Continued Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever | Totals. | Infectious Sickness Rate. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1890 | 46,500 | 129 | 0 | 160 | 3 | 1 | 117 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 444 | 9.5 |
1891 | 47,000 | 125 | 0 | 153 | 9 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 44 | 3 | 397 | 8.4 |
1892 | 49,400 | 399 | 6 | 137 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 94 | 3 | 684 | 13.8 |
1893 | 52,000 | 597 | 8 | 142 | 11 | 0 | 60 | 4 | 134 | 5 | 961 | 18.5 |
1894 | 57,000 | 247 | 11 | 129 | 15 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 75 | 3 | 546 | 9.5 |
1895 | 61,000 | 263 | 1 | 198 | 10 | 0 | 95 | 6 | 85 | 4 | 664 | 10.8 |
1896 | 65,000 | 315 | 0 | 124 | 6 | 0 | 193 | 2 | 122 | 5 | 767 | 11.8 |
1897 | 70,000 | 492 | 0 | 152 | 6 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 78 | 7 | 823 | 11.7 |
1898 | 77,000 | 293 | 0 | 225 | 9 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 82 | 3 | 688 | 8.9 |
1899 | 83,000 | 332 | 0 | 338 | 7 | 0 | 118 | 1 | 112 | 5 | 913 | 110 |
1900 | 91,000 | 347 | 0 | 516 | 11 | 0 | 86 | 1 | 87 | 8 | 1056 | 11.6 |
1901 | 97,000 | 608 | 3 | 322 | 11 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 111 | 10 | 1138 | 11.7 |
1902 | 101,318 | 560 | 146 | 142 | 8 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 131 | 7 | 1083 | 10.68 |
1903 | 106,290 | 292 | 2 | 147 | 5 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 117 | 6 | 657 | 6.2 |
1904 | 111,282 | 527 | 49 | 179 | 13 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 143 | 10 | 975 | 8.76 |
Mean | 368 | 15 | 204 | 9.4 | 0 | 86 | 1.4 | 96 | 5.3 | 786 | 10.8 | |
Average for previous years | 357 | 12.6 | 206 | 9.1 | 0 | 88 | 1.46 | 90 | 4.3 | 773 | 10. | |
Extremes | High't | 608 | 146 | 516 | 17 | 0 | 193 | 6 | 143 | 10 | 1138 | 18.5 |
Lowest | 125 | 0 | 124 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 397 | 6.2 |