Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1899
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Table No. 6. DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN THE METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS* BOARD'S SOUTH-EASTERN HOSPITAL, DURING THE YEAR 1898.
1898. | Diphtheria. | Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | Typhoid or Enteric Fever | Measles. | Whooping Cough. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ... |
February | 12 | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 |
March | 6 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... |
April | 5 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... |
May | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... |
June | 8 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... |
July | 15 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... |
August | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... |
September | 15 | 2 | 6 | ... | ... |
October | 11 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... |
November | 4 | 5 | 3 | ... | ... |
December | 19 | 8 | 5 | ... | ... |
117 | 51 | 28 | 4 | 1 | |
Total | ... | 201. |
Table No. 7. SHOWING NUMBER OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED IN DEPTFORD IN 1898.
1898. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina. | Typhoid or Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 54 | 1 | 17 | 56 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 131 |
February | 27 | 1 | 15 | 34 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 81 |
March | 30 | 3 | 10 | 40 | 7 | ... | 2 | ... | 92 |
April | 23 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 13 | 1 | .. | ... | 75 |
May | 34 | ... | 9 | 30 | 10 | 2 | ... | 1 | 86 |
Jane | 24 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 66 |
July | 18 | 2 | 13 | 33 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 71 |
August | 25 | ... | 11 | 24 | 9 | 1 | ... | ... | 70 |
September | 31 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | 88 |
October | 56 | 3 | 25 | 67 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | 165 |
November | 44 | 1 | 17 | 85 | 7 | 2 | ... | ... | 156 |
December | 20 | ... | 9 | 60 | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | 97 |
Total | 386 | 15 | 154 | 510 | 102 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1178 |