Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1904 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1904.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Number of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Ward No. 1 (Town). | Ward No.2 (Belsize). | Ward No. 3 (Adelaide). | Ward No. 4 (Central). | Ward No. 5 (West End). | Ward No. 6 (Kilburn). | Ward No. 7 (Priory). | Ward No. 1 (Town). | Ward No. 2 (Belsize). | Ward No. 3 (Adelaide). | Ward No. 4 (Central). | Ward No. 5 (West End). | Ward No. 6 (Kilburn). | Ward No. 7 (Priory). | ||||||
| 25 to 65. | 15 to 25. | 5 to 15. | 1 to 5. | Under 1. | 65 and upwards | ||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria | 54 | .. | 12 | 27 | 10 | 5 | .. | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Membranous Croup | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | 54 | 2 | .. | 5 | 8 | 33 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Scarlet fever | 159 | 1 | 33 | 92 | 21 | 12 | .. | 42 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 50 | 20 | 12 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 15 | 7 |
| Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric fever | 26 | .. | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | .. | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal fever | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox | 193 | 15 | 61 | 106 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 85 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 27 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals | 494 | 18 | 109 | 233 | 54 | 73 | 17 | 150 | 60 | 55 | 39 | 81 | 70 | 39 | 41 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 46 | 23 | 11 |