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 1903.
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 | 18 | ... | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 366 | 9 | 112 | 197 | 21 | 26 | 1 | 46 | 100 | 126 | 94 | 30 | 64 | 93 | 70 |
Membranous Croup | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Erysipelas | 228 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 138 | 34 | .. | 67 | 69 | 92 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 19 |
Scarlet Fever | 667 | 10 | 236 | 335 | 65 | 21 | .. | 19 | 171 | 261 | 216 | 10 | 126 | 220 | 197 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 98 | .. | 4 | 19 | 29 | 46 | .. | 4 | 32 | 34 | 28 | .. | 13 | 22 | 23 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-Pox | 20 | 2 | 9 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 8 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 1407 | 23 | 375 | 586 | 143 | 245 | 35 | 72 | 379 | 503 | 453 | 41 | 220 | 360 | 324 |