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 year 1896
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TABLE VIII.
TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS
Localities. | Population at all Ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5. | New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health | Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Census 1896. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. . | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | |||||||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11 | 1 | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. |
St. Martin-in-the Fields | 13,077 | 221 | Under 5 | .. | 21 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 19 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | 1 | 48 | 11 | 1 | .. | 18 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 10 | 1 | 39 | 10 | .. | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Charing Cross Hospital | . | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwards | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Totals | Under 5 | .. | 21 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 19 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
5 upwards | 1 | 50 | 11 | 1 | .. | 18 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 10 | 1 | 41 | 10 | .. | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |