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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 1895
Fortieth annual report of the proceedings of the Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary, Newington, London...
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Small Pox.—The deaths from Small Pox were 4 during the
year, the total number of cases notified was 19.
As was the case last year, I am glad to say that in no single
instance did the disease spread beyond the tenement in which the
case occurred.
All the cases were removed at once to the hospital and the
bedding destroyed.
Deaths from Small Pox during the last ten years—
| 1886 | — | 1891 | — |
| 1887 | — | 1892 | — |
| 1888 | — | 1893 | 6 |
| 1889 | — | 1894 | 2 |
| 1890 | — | 1895 | 4 |
| Tho annual rate per 1.000 living was .03. | |||
Scarlet Fever.
The deaths from Scarlet Fever were 16, as against 19 last year.
The total number of cases notified was 414 this year, and 550
last year.
All the houses in which the cases occurred were examined, and
the sanitary defects found to exist were remedied.
Deaths from Scarlet Fever during the last 10 years—
| 1886 | 33 | 1891 | 17 |
| 1887 | 91 | 1892 | 45 |
| 1888 | 36 | 1893 | 51 |
| 1889 | 43 | 1894 | 19 |
| 1890 | 37 | 1895 | 16 |
| The annual rate per 1,000 living | was .13. | ||
Of the 414 cases notified, 177 were removed to hospital with 11
deaths, a mortality of 6 per cent.
237 were treated at home with 5 deaths, a mortality of 2 per cent.