Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1913 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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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. | |||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | |||||||||||
Under 1. | 1 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||
1Northeast. | 2Southwest. | Northeast. | Southwest. | |||||||||
Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cholera (C) Plague(P) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 222 | 12 | 95 | 93 | 16 | 6 | - | - | 120 | 102 | 114 | 98 |
Erysipelas | 265 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 49 | 72 | 74 | 32 | 131 | 134 | - | - |
Scarlet Fever | 412 | 2 | 127 | 247 | 27 | 9 | - | - | 192 | 220 | 187 | 211 |
Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Enteric Fever | 23 | - | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | - | - | 5 | 18 | 5 | 18 |
Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Puerperal Fever | 13 | - | - | - | 6 | 7 | - | - | 2 | 11 | 1 | 9 |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Poliomyelitis | 8 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 620 | 3 | 25 | 69 | 121 | 269 | 124 | 9 | - | - | - | - |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 224 | 7 | 48 | 112 | 32 | 20 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 19 | 18 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 13 | - | - |
Totals | 1,802 | 51 | 315 | 547 | 257 | 388 | 203 | 41 | 457 | 501 | 308 | 338 |