Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1912
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| Diseases. | 0-1. | 1-2. | 2-3. | 3-4. | 4-5. | Total under 5. | 5-10. | 10-15. | 15-25. | 25-35. | 35-45. | 45-55. | 55-65. | 65-75. | Over 75 | Males. | Females. | Total All Ages. | |
| Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 12 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 62 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 37 | 28 | 65 | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | |
| Whooping Cough | 23 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 27 | .45 | |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| German Measles | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Other Epidemic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
| Pyaemia and Septicaemia | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tetanus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Tuberculosis :— | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 39 | 52 | 35 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 130 | 83 | 213 | |
| Tubercular Meningitis | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 13 | 21 | |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Tuberculosis of the Spine | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tuberculosis of the Joints | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |