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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hammersmith 1898
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1898
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SIMPLE CONTINUED FEVER.
Five cases were reported as due to simple continued
fever, against 3 cases in the previous year. All of the
cases reported last year were treated at the homes of the
patients. No death occurred from this disease.
RELAPSING FEVER.
No case was reported as due to relapsing fever
against no case in the previous year.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
Four cases were reported as due to puerperal fever
against 8 cases in the previous year. All of the cases
reported last year was treated at the homes of the patients.
One death was registered. The mortality on the cases
reported was 25.0 per cent.
CHOLERA.
No case was reported as due to cholera against one
case in the previous year.
ERYSIPELAS.
Ninety-one cases were reported last year as due to
erysipelas, against 93 cases in the previous year. Of the
91 cases reported last year 7 were treated at the Fulham
Union Infirmary, 1 at the West London Hospital, and 83
at the homes of the patients. Five deaths were registered.
The mortality rate on the cases reported was 5.5 per cent.
TABLE IV. The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned 13 zymotic diseases during the years 1889to 1898.
| Year. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria or Diphtheritic Croup. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Simple Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | English Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Chicken-pox. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *1889 | 0 | 221 | 90 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 63 | 37 | 479 |
| 1800 | 0 | 334 | 218 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 81 | 4 | 122 | 75 | 906 |
| 18111 | 0 | 233 | 272 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 61 | 1 | 37 | 50 | 709 |
| 1892 | 3 | 462 | 322 | 0 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 124 | 6 | 167 | 53 | 1197 |
| 1898 | 21 | 673 | 282 | 0 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 184 | 0 | 6 | 51 | 1309 |
| 1894 | 7 | 332 | 189 | 0 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 92 | 1 | 86 | 55 | 826 |
| 1895 | 7 | 382 | 202 | 0 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 89 | 2 | 30 | 42 | 819 |
| 1896 | 1 | 528 | 217 | 1 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 121 | 5 | 74 | 61 | 1073 |
| 1897 | 0 | 399 | 158 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 93 | 0 | 11 | 29 | 718 |
| 1898 | 0 | 458 | 163 | 0 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 91 | 10 | 357 | 47 | 1194 |
"These statistics must not be taken as a true comparison, as the Infectious
Diseases Notification Act, 1889, only came into force October 31st, 1889.