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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

Newington 1892

Thirty-seventh annual report of the proceedings of the Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary, Newington, London...

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Scalds 4, Whooping Cough 1, Children accidentally suffocated in
bed 18, otherwise suffocated 2, Suicide by Hanging 3, by Drowning
2, by Cutting Throat 1, by throwing himself under train 1, by taking
Poison 3, by Shooting himself with a revolver 1, Fracture of Skull
in falling 3, Injury to Leg after a fall 1, Erysipelas after fall 1,
fall from ladder 3, entangled in machinery 1, accidentally drowned
3, Blood Poisoning 1, run over by omnibus 1, by cab 1, rupture of
Aortic Aneurism 2, Pneumonia 12, Disease of Heart 16, Convulsions
7, Apoplexy 6, and various other causes.

Table: CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASENotified to the Medical Officer of Health for Newington, during each Month of the year 1892.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Notified to the Medical Officer of Health for Newington, during each Month of the year 1892.

Small Pox. Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaEnteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.ErysipelasMem-branous Croup. Cholera.Total.
January..3983....224....76
February..24511....152..48
March..3383......102..56
April..5781......113..80
May..74126......154..111
June..9985......19....131
July..1041310......11....139
August..108198....2243..164
September..148188......171..192
October..117216......36....180
November..9092....126....128
December..65196......174..111
Total..9581485911522519..1416