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 1905 of the Acting Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1905.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in whole Borough. | Total Cases Notified in cach 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). | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65 | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria | 63 | .. | 12 | 27 | 14 | 10 | .. | 18 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | 42 | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Scarlet fever | 170 | 1 | 37 | 100 | 22 | 10 | .. | 34 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 41 | 23 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 16 |
| Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric fever | 17 | .. | .. | 4 | 8 | 5 | .. | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals | 295 | 1 | 50 | 135 | 47 | 57 | 5 | 72 | 42 | 27 | 24 | 29 | 57 | 44 | 52 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 47 | 21 |