Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the last three-quarters of the year 1894
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The notifications of infectious illness received from Public
Institutions within the parish, amount to only 3, i.e., 2 of
erysipelas from the Invalid Asylum, and 1 of erysipelas from
Northumberland House.
Table B 1 shows the number of cases and deaths from the
different infectious diseases that are notifiable within the parish,
for the years 1892, 1893, and 1894. It will be seen therein that
the infectious sickness returns for 1894 compare very favourable
with those of 1893 and 1892, and more especially with regard to
scarlet fever and typhoid fever.
TABLE B 1.
Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Continued Fever. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |
1892 | 2 | _ | 232 | 6 | 59 | 9 | 2 | — |
1893 | 8 | — | 354 | 4 | 81 | 5 | — | — |
1894 | 3 | — | 91 | 4 | 55 | 5 | — | — |
Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Typhoid Fever. | Membranous Croup. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |
1892 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 2 | _ |
1893 | 37 | — | — | — | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
1894 | 25 | — | 2 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 |