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 1902 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Excluding duplicates, the number of notifications of Small-pox during the outbreak was
429;318 belonging to Bloomsbury and St. Giles, and 111 to the Holborn Sub-Division. The
number of deaths was 76, of which 56 belonged to Bloomsbury and St. Giles, and 20 to the
Holborn Sub-Division.
The following gives the ages of those notified and of the deaths:—
Notifications. | Deaths. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1901. | 1902. | Total. | 1901. | 1902. | Total. | |
Under 1 year of age | 2 | 4 | 6 | _ | 3 | 3 |
1 years and under 5 years of age | 10 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
5 years and under 15 years of age | 19 | 20 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
15 years and under 25 years of age | 46 | 59 | 105 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
25 years and under 65 years of age | 130 | 123 | 253 | 23 | 19 | 42 |
65 years and upwards | 4 | 4 | 8 | — | 5 | 5 |
Total | 211 | 218 | 429 | 30 | 76 | 46 |
All the 17 deaths under 15 years of age were of persons who were unvaccinated at the
time of infection.
Month. | Notifications. | Genuine Cases. | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st Week. | 2nd Week. | 3rd Week. | 4th Week. | 5th Week. | Total. | 1st Week. | 2nd Week. | 3rd Week. | 4th W eek. | 5th Week. | Total. | |
1902.—June | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
August | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
September | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | 14 | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | — | 10 |
October | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 6 |
November | 36 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 85 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 77 |
December | 20 | 8 | 18 | 53 | — | 99 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 52 | - | 95 |
1903.—January | 29 | 48 | 15 | 11 | — | 103 | 27 | 47 | 15 | 9 | - | 98 |
February | 5 | 10 | 6 | 15 | — | 36 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 13 | — | 32 |
March | 12 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 46 |
April | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 10 |
May | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 8 |
June | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | — | 8 |
July | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 |
August | — | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
September | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
429 | 397 |