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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
Hampstead 1903
Report for the year 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Cases of Infectious Disease occurring in each Month during 1903.
| Disease. | January. | February | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 9 | .. | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 79 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 41 |
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 165 |
| Typhoid and Enteric Fever | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 24 |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Continued, Typhus, and Relapsing Fevers, and Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 |
| Totals | 40 | 23 | 30 | 28 | 15 | 21 | 35 | 25 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 323 |