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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
Hanover Square 1894
Medical Officer's report for the year ended 29th December, 1894
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Cases of Infectious Diseases.
The following table shows the number of cases certified
by Medical Attendants in 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, and
1894: —
Table XI.
| Name of Diseases. | Numberof Cases certified. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 145 | 122 | 318 | 567 | 255 |
| Enteric Fever | 40 | 26 | 42 | 62 | 65 |
| Continued Fever | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Diphtheria | 64 | 74 | 118 | 111 | 97 |
| Erysipelas | 37 | 41 | 57 | 76 | 45 |
| Membraneous Croup | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Small-Pox | 0 | 1* | 1 | 21 | 10 |
| Puerperal Fever | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| English Cholera | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 292 | 270 | 541 | 851 | 482 | |
| * This ease, however, on being removed to the Small-Pox Hospital was found not to be a case of that disease. | |||||
Of the above 482 cases certified last year only 5 were
also notified by householders.
On account of a suggestion from the Local Government
Board, the Vestry decided to place Diarrhoea on the list of
notifiable diseases (in view of the presence of Cholera in
this country) during part of the quarter ending September
29th, 1894, and 101 cases were certified by Medical
Attendants.
Of the 65 cases of Enteric Fever no fewer than 29 were
certified in November and December, and only 14 in the
three previous months when the seasonal prevalence of that
disease usually takes place, and on investigation I find that