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 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1903.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notifi«d in whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Number of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Tears. | 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). | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 79 | 2 | 14 | 39 | 13 | 11 | — | 7 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 14 |
| Membranous croup | — | - | — | - | - | - | — | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 41 | - | — | 2 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Scarlet fever | 165 | - | 42 | 80 | 26 | 17 | — | 21 | 37 | 14 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 32 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 22 | 12 |
| Typhus fever | — | - | — | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Enteric fever | 24 | — | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 6 | - | 1 |
| Relapsing fever | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued fever | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Puerperal fever | 1 | - | — | — | — | 1 | - | -_- | - | -_- | -_ | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague | — | - | — | — | — | — | -_ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chicken-pox | 12 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | - | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 7 | — | 1 | |||||||
| Totals | 323 | 4 | 59 | 131 | 62 | 74 | 3 | 88 | 62 | 22 | 36 | 62 | 59 | 44 | 17 | 47 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 33 | 27 |