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Chelsea 1904

Annual report for 1904 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: TABLE IX.—(III.) Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1904.

TABLE IX.—(III.) Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1904.

Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in Whole District.Total Casesnotified in eachLocalityNo. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality.
At all Ages.At Ages+—Years.
Under 11 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.Chelsea North.Chelsea South.Chelsea North.Chelsea South.Whole Borough.
Small-pox. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Cholera. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Diphtheria60. .222576. .3129252348
Membranous croup1. .1. .. .. .. .. .1. .11
Erysipelas4521213362421. .. .. .
Scarlet fever10813058109. .5751474693
Typhus fever. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Enteric fever13. .. .337. .856410
Relapsing fever. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Continued fever. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Puerperal fever7. .. .. .16. .25. .. .. .
Plague. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Chicken-pox696293121. .2940. .. .. .
Totals303983119246261511527874152

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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.