Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report for 1913 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE XIV. -(II) CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1913.
Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Local-ity (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 Chelsea. | |||
Small-pox | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Cholera | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Plague | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 59 | 1 | 21 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | •• | 19 | 40 | 48 |
Erysipelas | 33 | 1 | •• | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 4 |
Scarlet Fever | 199 | . . | 48 | 122 | 19 | 10 | . . | . . | 113 | 86 | 181 |
Typhus Fever | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Enteric Fever | 7 | . . | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | . . | . . | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Relapsing Fever | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Continued Fever | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Puerperal Fever | 8 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 6 | 1 | • • | 1 | 7 | 5 |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Poliomyelitis | 3 | . . | 3 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 249 | . . | 7 | 13 | 29 | 95 | 89 | 16 | . . | . . | .. |
Other forms of Tuberc'losis | 63 | . . | 10 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | •• | •• | •• |
Totals | 621 | 2 | 89 | 199 | 75 | 129 | 103 | 24 | 153 | 156 | 246 |
+ 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.