Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report for 1912 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE XVI.—(II.)
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1912.
| Notifiable Disease | Number of Cases notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality(e.g., Parish or Ward) of the District | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages+—Years. | ||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | North Chelsea. | South | |||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 89 | 3 | 20 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .. | 39 | 50 | 80 |
| Erysipelas | 30 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever | 126 | 1 | 33 | 67 | 13 | 12 | .. | .. | 76 | 50 | 114 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 10 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | .. |
| Cerebro spinal Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 192 | .. | 1 | 16 | 28 | 88 | 50 | 9 | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals | 455 | 5 | 56 | 135 | 63 | 121 | 61 | 14 | 139 | 124 | 208 |
| † These age columns for notifications should be filled up in all cases where the Medical Officer of Health, by inquiry or otherwise, has obtained the necessary information. | |||||||||||