Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report for 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Total Cabes notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | |||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Agest—Years. | |||||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Chelsea North. | Chelsea South. | Chelsea North | Chelsea South. | Whole Boroughs. | ||
Small-pox | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 98 | 2 | 30 | 51 | 9 | 6 | .. | 42 | 56 | 38 | 50 | 88 |
Membranous croup | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | 58 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Scarlet fever | 207 | 1 | 39 | 146 | 14 | 7 | .. | 56 | 151 | 47 | 141 | 188 |
Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric fever | 13 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 8 | .. | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal fever | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 396 | 5 | 75 | 204 | 33 | 70 | 9 | 137 | 259 | 93 | 208 | 301 |
Notes.—The localities adopted for this table should be the same as those in Tables II. and IV.
† These age columns for notifications should be filled up in all cases where the Medical Officer
of Health, by inquiry or otherwise, has obtained the necessary information.