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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
Holborn 1904
Report for the year 1904 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| Year. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Total. |
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NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE BOROUGH DURING 1904, AND DURING THE PRECEDING TEN YEARS. St. Giles and Bloomsbury.
| Year. | Small-pox. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Total. |
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Diarrhœa in persons over 1 year of age was notifiable from August 11th to September 29th, 1894, inclusive, during
which time 98 notifications were received.
Chicken-pox was notifiable from October 19th, 1901, to January 6th, 1903, inclusive, during which time 114 notifications
were received, and from 8th April to November 6th, 1904, inclusive, during which time 27 notifications were
received.
There were also 157 voluntary notifications of Phthisis.