Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1905
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Population at all Ages, March 31st, 1901. | Under Five Years. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 to 95. | 95 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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Tenements of — | Number. | Population. |
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1856. | 1905. | Increase in 50 years. |
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1871. | 1905. | Increase in 35 years. |
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YEAR. | Kensington. | London. | England and Wales. | |
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No. of Marriages. | Marriage Rate. | Marriage Rate. | Marriage Rate. |
Kensington Town. | Males. | Brompton. Females. | Total. | The Borough. Total. | |||
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Males. | Females. | Total. |
The Year. | Population. | Total Births. | Males. | Females. | Birth-rate per 1.000 |
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Four Weeks ended | Metropolis. | Borough. | Sub-Districts. | Parlia-mentary Divisions. | Wards. | ||||||||||
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Kensington Town. | Brompton. | North. | South. | St. Charles. | Golborne. | Norland. | Pembridge. | Holland. | Earl's Court. | Queen's Gate. | Red-cliffe. | Brompton. |
Age-Period. | Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate. | ||||||
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Both Sexes. | Males. | Females. | Both Sexes. | Males. | Females. | Both Sexes. | Males. | Females. |
Kensington Town. | Brompton. | The Borough. | |||||
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Males. | Females. | Total | Males. | Females. | Total. | Total. |
year. | The Borough. | Kensington Town. | Brompton. | London. | |||
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Deaths under 1 year. | Deaths per 1,000 births. | Deaths under 1 year. | Deaths per 1,000 births. | Deaths under 1 year. | Deaths per 1,000 births. | Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births. |
Population | 1905. | 1904. | 1903. | 1902. | 1901. | 1900. | 1899. | 1898. | 1897. | 1896. |
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Four Weeks ended. | Metropolis. | Borough. | Sub-Districts. | Parliamen-tary Divisions. | Wards. | ||||||||||
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Ken-sington Town. | Bromp-ton. | North. | South. | St. Charles. | Gol-borne. | Nor-land. | Pem-bridge. | Hol-land. | Earl's Court. | Queen's Gate | Red-cliffe. | Bromp ton. |
During the Four Weeks ended | Births. | Deaths. | Death-rate. | Deaths at Ages. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. | Deaths from Diseases of Respiratory System | Deaths from Phthisis. | Deaths from Heart Disease. | Deaths under Five from Tubercular Disease | Mean Temperature. | ||||||||||||||||
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Kensington. | London. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1905. | Decennial Average. | 1905. | Decennial Average. | 0—1 | 1—5 | 60 and up-wards. | Totals. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Simple con-tinued Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Totals. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia |
1905 | 1904. | 1903. | 1902. | 1901. | 1900. | 1899. | 1898. | 1897. | 1896. | 1895. |
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Year. 1 | Population estimated to Middle of each Year.2 | Births. | Deaths under One Year of Age. | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | Deathsin Public Institu-tions.9 | Deaths ofNon-residents registered inDistrict. 10 | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District.11 | Deaths at all Ages. Nett. | ||||
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Number.s | Rate.* 4 | Number. 5 | Rate per 1,000 Births registered 6 | Number. 7 | Rate.* 8 | Number. 12 | Rate.* 13 |
Names of Localities. | Kensington. | Kensington Town. | Brompton. | |||||||||
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Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births regis-tered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births regis-tered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births regis-tered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. |
Causes of Death. | Deaths in whole District at subjoined ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all ages). | Total Deaths whether of Residents or non "Resi-dents" in Public Insti-tutions in the District. | ||||||||
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All Ages. | Under 1 | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | Ken-sington Town. | Bromp-ton. |
Disease. | Sub-Districts. | In Hospital. | Total Deaths. | Decennial Average. | |||
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Town. | Brompton. | Town. | Brompton. | Uncorrected. | Corrected for increase of Population. |
Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Total. |
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Small pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhœa. |
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Report for four weeks ended | No. of Notifications. | No. of cases admitted to Hospitals. | No. of Deaths. | No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period | |||
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Kensington | London. | Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. |
Report for four weeks ended | No. of Notifications. | No. of cases admitted to Hospitals. | No. of Deaths. | No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period. | |||
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Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London. |
Year. | Cases notified. | Case rate per 1,000 of population. | Deaths. | Death rate per 1,000 of population. | Case mortality per cent |
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The Year. | Weeks. 1-4. | Weeks. 5-8. | Weeks. 9—12. | Weeks. 13-16. | Weeks. 17-20. | Weeks 21—24. | Weeks. 25—28. | Weeks 29—32. | Weeks. 33-36. | Weeks. 37—40. | Weeks. 41-44. | Weeks. 45-48. | Weeks. 49—52. | Total. |
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The Year. | No. of Recorded Cases. | Total Number ofRecorded Cases | Percen-tage of Removals to total Recorded Cases. | Deaths. | Total Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths. | Percen-tage of Deaths toRecorded Cases. | Deathsin London from Scarlet Fever. | |||
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Treated at Home. | Removed toHospital. | AtHome. | InHospitals. | At Home. | InHospitals. |
Report for four weeks ended | No. of Notifications. Kensington. London. | No. of cases admitted to Hospital. Kensington. London. | No. of Deaths. Kensington. London. | No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period. |
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Set out in Report for Four weeks ended. | Total Cases Recorded. | Cases Recorded inNorth Kensington.1 | Cases Recorded inSouth Kensington.* | Cases removed to Hospital from— | Deaths (4 in Hospital). | ||
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North Kensington. | South Kensington. | North Kensington. | South Kensington. |
Year. | Cases Notified. | Case rate per 1,000 of population. | Deaths. | Death rate per 1,000 of population. | Case Mortality per cent. |
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Year. | Cases Notified. | Case rate per 1,000 of population. | Deaths. | Death rate per 1,000 of population. | Case Mortality per cent. |
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District. | Phthisis. | Other Tuberculous diseases. | Total. | |||
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No. of deaths | Rate. | No. of deaths. | Rate | No. of deaths. | Rate. |
Year. | Deaths from Phthisis per 100,000 persons living. | Deaths from other Tuberculous Diseases per 100,000 persons. | Total deaths from Tuberculosis per 100,000 persons living. |
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Year. | Total Deaths in Borough. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Proportion per cent. of Deaths in Public Institutions to Total Deaths. |
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DISEASES. | Under 1 year. | Between 1 year and 60 years. | At 60 years and upwards. | Total. |
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Year. | Small-pox. | Chicken-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Cholera. | Relapsing Fever. | Total. |
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Age. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. |
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Name of Borough. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Membranous Croup. | Cholera. | Totals. | Population. 1901. |
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KENSINGTON. | LONDON. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Thyphus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Eryslpelas. | Croup. | Cholera. | Total. | Small-poxl. |
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Kensington. | Total Cases Notified in each Sub-District. | Number of Casesremoved to Hospital from each Sub-District. | ||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years | Kensington Town. | Brompton. | Kensington Town. | Brompton. | ||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards |
Area. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Totals. | Population. | Notifications per 1,000 of the population. |
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Year. | No. of Notifications Received. | Notifications per 1,000 of the Population. | Percentage of Cases removed to Hospital. |
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Year. | Small-pox. | Erysipelas. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric and Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | |||||||
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Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. |
Number of Rooms Occupied. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4or more. | Homeless Persons in the Infirmary. | Common Lodginghouse Cases. | No Information obtainable. | Total Cases. |
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Number of Cases notified. | ||||||
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1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | Total. |
The Year. | AGE AT NOTIFICATION. | ||||||
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0-5. | 5-10. | 10-20. | 20 40. | 40-60 | 60 and upwards. | Total. |
1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | Total. |
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The Year. | 0-5. | 5-10. | 10-20. | 20-40 | 40 60 | 60 and upwards. | Total. |
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1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | Total. | |||||||
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Notifications and Deaths. | Disinfections. | Notifications and Deaths. | Disinfections. | Notifications and Deaths. | Disinfections | Notifications and Deaths. | Disinfections. | Notifications and Deaths. | Disinfections. |
1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | Total. |
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Males— | No. of Cases. |
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Cause of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months. | 2-3 Months. | 3-4 Months. | 4-5 Months. | 5-6 Months. | 6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total DeathsunderOne Year. |
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Cause of Death. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | Decemher. | Totals. |
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Ward. | St.Charles. | Golborne. | Norland. | Pembridge. | Holland. | Earl's Court. | Queen's Gate | Redcliffe. | Brompton. | Total |
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In Days | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Total Cases. |
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Weeks. | -1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-6 | 6-7 | 7-8 | 8-9 | 9-10 | 10-11 | 11-12 | 12-13 | At ages above 13 weeks. | Total. |
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Metropolis. Cases lost. | Rest of England. Cases lost. | Metropolis. Cases lost.f | Rest of England. Cases lost. |
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DATE. | Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer's District | Number ofBirths returned in Birth List Sheets. | Number of these Births duly entered in Columns 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets), viz. : | Number of these Births which are not entered in the Vaccination Register, on account,(as shown by Report Book) of | |||||||
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Column I. Successfully Vaccinated. | Column II. | Column V. Dead, Unvaccinated. | Postponement by Medical Certificate. | Removed to other Districts and notified to Vaccination Officers of the Districts. | Removal to places unknown, or which cannot be reached, and cases not having been found. | Total Number of Certificates of Successful Vaccinations received during each of the Calendar Years. | |||||
Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Certificate ofConscientious Objection. | ||||||||||
1904. | 1905* |
Notifications. | Admissions to hospitals. | Death-rates, 1904. |
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(1) Accommodation for Acute Cases— | |
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Beds. |
Name of Station. | Number of Ambulance Carriages. | Number ofOmnibuses. | NormalProvision. | ||
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Single-bedded. | Double-bedded | Horses. | Male Staff. |
Postal District. | Hospitals. | Infirmaries and Sick Asylums. | Ambulance Stations. | ||||||||
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Name. | Locality. | Beds. | Name. | Locality. | Beds. | Name. | Locality. | Ambulances. | |||
Single Bedded | Double Bedded | Total. |
Ward. | Name of Keeper. | Address of Common Lodging-House. | No. of Lodgers, for which licensed, in 1905. | ||
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Male. | Female. | Total. |
Workshops, etc. | North Kensington. | South Kensington. | Total for Whole Borough | ||||||
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Dressmakers. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous | Total. | Dressmakers. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous. | Total. |
Trade or Business. | North Kensington. | South Kensington. | Total in tha Borough. |
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North Kensington. | South Kensington. | Total for Borough. | |||||||
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Dressmakers. | Laundries. | Miscel-laneous | Total | Dressmakers | Laundries. | Miscellaneous | Total. |
Trade or Business. | North Kensington. | South Kensington. | Borough. |
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Premises. | Number of | ||
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Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. |
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||||
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Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. |
Class. | Number. |
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PREMISES. | NUMBER OF PLACES. | Number of inspections, 1905. | Number of notices, 1906. | Number of prosecutions, 1905. | |||
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On register at end of 1904. | Added in 1905. | Removed in 1905. | On register at end of 1905. |
Sanitary Districts. | No. of Complaints made by Inhabitants, &c. | No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected. | No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c. | Results of Inspection. | House Drains. | Water Closets. | Dust Receptacles. | Water Supply. | Miscellaneous. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Written Intimations of Nuisance served.1 | Notices served by order of the Public Health Committee. | Notices served under the Lodging-House By-laws | Final Notices (signed by Medical Officer) served. | iHouses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c. | Houses disinfected after illness : Infectious disease, † | Reconstructed, Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | Ventilated, Trapped, &c. | Repaired. | Supplied with Water. | Soil-pipes ventilated. | New provided. | Repaired, Covered, &c. | Cisterns erected. | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, &c. | Waste-pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished. | No. of Lodging Houses newly Registered under 94th Section of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891} | Yards and Areas paved and drained. | Animals removed, being improperly kept. | Regularly Inspected. | Legal proceedings, i.e.. Summonses. | |||||||
Bakehouses. | Dairies, Milkshops, &c. | Licensed Cow-house. | Licensed Slaughter-houses. |
Year. | No. of bodies received at the Mortuary. | No. of bodies upon which Coroner's inquests were held. | No. of bodies upon which post-mortem examinations were held. |
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The Year. | Estimated Population.1 | No. of Inhabited Houses.† | Marriages. | Registered Births. | Deaths. | |||
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Total, all Ages.‡ | Under One Year. | Under Five Years | At Public Institutions. |
The Year. | Population. | Deaths from the Seven Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class. | Zymotic Death-rate. | |||||||||||||
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Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoœa. | Total. | Per 1,000 persons living. | Deaths per 1,000 Deaths from all Causes, Kensington. | |||||||
Typhus. | Enteric. | Pyrexia. | Kensington. | London. |
Quinquen-nial Period. | Births. | Birth-rate. | Deaths. | Death-rate. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. | Zymotic Death-rate. per1,000 persons living. | |||||||||
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Small-pox | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Whooping-Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Pyrexia. | Diarrhœa. | Total. |
Quinquennial Period. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Death-rate per 1,000 from— | ||
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Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diph-theria. | Whooping Cough. | "Fever." | Diarrhœa. | The Seven Diseases. | The Four Notifiable Infectious Diseases. (Columns 1, 3, 4, and 6.) | The three Non-notifiable Infectious Diseases. (Columns 2, 5, and 7.) |