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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
City of London 1900
Report on the proceedings of the Public Health (Sanitary) Department of the Corporation of London during the year 1900
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continued fever, but increases in all the others—
none, however, being very great. In comparison
with the decennial average, the most striking
TABLE V.
Notifications.—City of London.
| 1900. | 1899. | Difference 1900 and 1899 | Decennial Average. | Difference 1900 and Decennial Average. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | _ | _ | _ | 4 | -4 |
| Cholera | — | — | — | 0 | -0 |
| Diphtheria | 64 | 57 | +7 | 42 | +22 |
| Membranous Croup | — | — | — | 1 | -1 |
| Erysipelas | 22 | 20 | +2 | 27 | -5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 82 | 71 | +11 | 113 | -31 |
| Typhus „ | — | — | — | 0 | -0 |
| Enteric „ | 28 | 85 | -57 | 23 | +5 |
| Relapsing ,, | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued „ | — | 1 | -1 | 0 | -0 |
| Puerperal „ | — | — | — | 1 | -1 |
+ Indicates increase during 1900, as compared with 1899.
— decrease and the averages.
change is the increase in the number of cases of
diphtheria, 64 cases having been reported in
1900 as compared with an annual average of 42.