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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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TABLE V. Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the year 1905
| Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in Each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from Each Locality. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages †—Years. | North. | Centre. | South. | North. | Centre. | South. | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||
| Small-pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cholera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diphtheria | 237 | 4 | 87 | 111 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 124 | 81 | 32 | 119 | 67 | 32 |
| Membranous croup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 72 | 16 | 51 | 42 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scarlet fever | 360 | 3 | 100 | 204 | 34 | 19 | 0 | 150 | 101 | 109 | 132 | 86 | 90 |
| Typhus fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enteric fever | 41 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| Relapsing fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Continued fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Puerperal fever | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Plague | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ‡ Phthisis | 109 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 91 | 4 | 49 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 885 | 10 | 194 | 339 | 96 | 226 | 20 | 397 | 273 | 215 | 259 | 157 | 124 |
Notes.—The localities adopted for this table should be the same as those in Tables III. and V.
State in space below the name of the isolation hospital, if any, to which residents in the district, suffering from infectious disease,
are usually sent. Mark (H) the locality in which it is situated, or if not within the district, state where it is situated and
in what district.
*This space may be used for record of other disease the notification (compulsory or voluntary) of which is in force in the district.
+ These age columns for notification should be filled up in all cases where the Medical Officer of Health, by inquiry or otherwise has
obtained the necessary information.
‡Voluntarily notifiable since April 7th, 1902.
Isolation Hospital.—-Western District Hospital at Fulham, and occasionally other Fever Hospitals under the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, and exceptionally the London Fever Hospital a Islington, also when necessary the Small-pox
Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.