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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DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1909.
Infectious Diseases Act, 1889.
The following table shows the number of cases of the various diseases
certified each month during the year :—
TABLE XIII.—
1909 Notifications. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar, | Apl. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. | Deaths. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-Pox | Under 5 years | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Over „ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Scarlet Fever | Under 5 years | 11 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 119 | 4 |
Over „ | 27 | 24 | 31 | 33 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 37 | 46 | 36 | 30 | 16 | 387 | 7 | |
Diphtheria | Under 5 years | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 50 | Under5, 10 Over 5, 4 |
Over „ | 17 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 132 | ||
Membranous Croup | f Under 5 years | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | o | 1 | |
Over „ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Enteric Fever | Under 5 years | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Over „ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||
Continued Fever | Under 5 years | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Over „ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Puerperal Feve | Under 5 years | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Over „ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Erysipelas | f Under 5 years | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
. Over ,, | 10 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 104 | 7 | |
Totals | Under 5 yrs. 179 | 71 | 71 | 61 | 64 | 69 | 69 | 63 | 71 | 93 | 71 | 67 | 44 | 814 | 34 |
Over „ 635 |