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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Newington 1898
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Parish of St. Mary, Newington, London
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TABLE 8.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Notified to the Medical Officer of Health for Newington, during the year 1898, occurring in the several Wards:—
| Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Membranous Croup. | Cholera. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's Ward | .. | 105 | 94 | 16 | .. | .. | 2 | 22 | 3 | .. | 242 |
| St. Paul's Ward | .. | 100 | 42 | 19 | .. | .. | 1 | 29 | 1 | .. | 192 |
| St. Peter's Ward | .. | 146 | 107 | 17 | .. | .. | 3 | 47 | 3 | .. | 323 |
| St. John's Ward | .. | 189 | 118 | 30 | .. | .. | 3 | 47 | 7 | .. | 394 |
| Trinity Ward | .. | 77 | 84 | 8 | .. | 1 | 1 | 20 | •• | .. | 191 |
| .. | 617 | 445 | 90 | .. | 1 | 10 | 165 | 14 | .. | 1342 |
TABLE 9.
DEATHS IN THE SANITARY AREA FROM THE PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN THE VARIOUS WARDS.
| ward. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Phthisis. | Pneumonia and Bronchitis. | Heart Disease. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's | .. | 6 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 57 | 80 | 28 |
| St. Paul's | .. | 3 | .. | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 52 | 76 | 27 |
| St. Peter's | .. | 14 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 48 | 56 | 126 | 38 |
| St. John's. | .. | 25 | 8 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 50 | 78 | 151 | 33 |
| Trinity | .. | 7 | 3 | 15 | 11 | .. | 27 | 55 | 55 | 21 |
| Total | .. | 55 | 24 | 72 | 45 | 10 | 182 | 298 | 488 | 147 |