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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
Holborn 1905
Report for the year 1905 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Whole Borough.
| Year. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895 | 1 | 58 | 11 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 54 | 167 |
| 1898 | 1 | 73 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 9 | 36 | 179 |
| 1897 | - | 17 | 11 | 23 | 37 | 11 | 52 | 151 |
| 1898 | - | 62 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 51 | 172 |
| 1899 | — | 27 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 56 | 119 |
| 1900 | - | 31 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 45 | 128 |
| 1901 | 30 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 133 |
| 1902 | 46 | 30 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 14 | 142 |
| 1903 | — | 17 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 70 |
| 1904 | 2 | 43 | — | 7 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 99 |
| Average for 10 years 1895-1904. | 7.8 | 38.0 | 5.8 | 14.5 | 21.4 | 7.6 | 40.7 | 136.0 |
| 1905 | — | 11 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 59 |
| Year. | Small-pox. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895 | 13 | 63 | 147 | 24 | - | 63 | 1 | - | 311 |
| 1896 | - | 60 | 180 | 21 | - | 83 | 1 | - | 345 |
| 1897 | 4 | 56 | 207 | 31 | - | 94 | 2 | - | 394 |
| 1898 | - | 39 | 65 | 23 | - | 72 | 1 | - | 200 |
| 1899 | - | 28 | 76 | 23 | - | 56 | 1 | - | 184 |
| 1900 | - | 58 | 98 | 31 | - | 49 | 1 | - | 237 |
| 1901 | 158 | 60 | 150 | 17 | - | 58 | 1 | 1 | 445 |
| 1902 | 159 | 44 | 90 | 24 | - | 45 | 2 | - | 364 |
| 1903 | 1 | 22 | 55 | 36 | 2 | 65 | 1 | - | 182 |
| 1904 | 5 | 19 | 37 | 22 | — | 38 | 4 | - | 125 |
| Average for 10 years 1895-1904. | 34.0 | 44.9 | 110.5 | 25.2 | .2 | 62.3 | 1.5 | .1 | 278.7 |
| 1905 | 1 | 10 | 68 | 14 | — | 20 | 1 | — | 114 |
Chicken-pox was notifiable from October 19th, 1901, to January 6th, 1903, inclusive, during which time 114
notifications were received, and from 8th April to November 6th, 1904, inclusive, during which time
27 notifications were received.
There were also the following voluntary notifications of Phthisis:—1904 157.
1905 99.