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 Camberwell.
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TABLE III.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1902.
Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital FROM EACH Locality. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Dulwich. | Camberwell. | Peckham. | St. George's. | Dulwich. | Camberwell. | Peckham. | St. George's. | ||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||
Smallpox | 345 | 9 | 29 | 61 | 81 | 160 | 5 | 3 | 91 | 117 | 134 | 3 | 85 | 118 | 134 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 657 | 8 | 226 | 314 | 67 | 42 | .. | 1 | 204 | 284 | 168 | 1 | 126 | 252 | 155 |
Membranous Croup | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 |
Erysipelas | 313 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 45 | 187 | 29 | 4 | 132 | 76 | 101 | .. | 10 | 22 | 18 |
Scarlet Fever | 1306 | 17 | 415 | 711 | 117 | 46 | .. | 25 | 409 | 514 | 358 | 12 | 332 | 481 | 268 |
Typhus Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 142 | .. | 6 | 44 | 43 | 46 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 41 | 52 | .. | 24 | 16 | 27 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 17 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 13 | .. | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-Pox | 1493 | 115 | 651 | 678 | 32 | 17 | .. | 46 | 556 | 504 | 387 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 4282 | 162 | 1343 | 1839 | 389 | 512 | 37 | 84 | 1445 | 1545 | 1208 | 16 | 580 | 891 | 607 |