Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1902 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Cases of Infectious Diseases occurring in each Month, during 1902.
Disease. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-pox | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | 17 |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 85 |
Erysipelas | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 56 |
Scarlet Fever | 28 | 24 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 28 | 251 |
Typhoid and Enteric Fever | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 44 |
Puerperal Fever | • • | 1 | • • | • • | 1 | • • | 2 | • • | • • | 1 | 1 | • • | 6 |
Continued Fever | • • | • • | • • | • • | 1 | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | 1 |
Typhus, and Relapsing Fevers, and Cholera | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • |
Chicken-pox | 28 | 38 | 50 | 30 | 46 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 46 | 66 | 38 | 420 |
Totals | 64 | 83 | 76 | 66 | 77 | 71 | 61 | 38 | 62 | 91 | 109 | 82 | 880 |