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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

Hammersmith 1905

Sixth annual report year ended 31st March 1906

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142
CHOLERA.
No case was reported as due to cholera, against no
case in the previous year.
ERYSIPELAS.
One hundred and twenty-five cases were reported
last year as due to erysipelas, against 120 cases in the
previous year. Six deaths were registered. The
mortality rate on the cases reported was 4 8 per cent.
PLAGUE.
No case was reported as due to plague, against no
case in the previous year.

Table: The following table shews the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned 14 zymotic diseases during the years 1896 to 1905.

The following table shews the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned 14 zymotic diseases during the years 1896 to 1905.

Year.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria or Diphtheritic Croup.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Simple Continued Fever.Relapsing Fever.Puerperal Fever.English Cholera.Erysipelas.Plague.Chicken-pox.*Measles.*Whooping Cough *Total
18961528217153408012105746l1073
18970399158046308i93001129748
18980458163059504091010357471194
189904421860113001201090184254976
1900235525201034060111021487131354
19014634322707720301150281932071241
19029234917204900701100659293781809
19036314160058106010801041371321026
190402832010381011012002837421021781
I90503602370410013012502194172861698

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Not a notifiable disease.