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, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1898
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The following table based on the thirteen four-weekly reports, sets out some particulars with regard to diphtheria, in Kensington and in London, in 1898.
Diphtheria in 1989.
Report for four weeks ended. | No. of Notifications | No. of cases admitted to hospital | No. of Deaths | No. of cases in Hospital at the end of the period. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kensington | London. | Kensington. | London. | Kensington. | London | ||
Jan. 29 | 14 | 901 | 9 | 535 | 6 | 163 | 1062 |
Feb. 26 | 20 | 939 | 18 | 562 | 3 | 166 | 1061 |
March 26 | 20 | 813 | 17 | 526 | 4 | 160 | 1022 |
April 23 | 24 | 729 | 19 | 456 | 1 | 139 | 953 |
May 21 | 21 | 763 | 17 | 504 | 1 | 117 | 953 |
June 18 | 17 | 828 | 14 | 575 | 5 | 106 | 1018 |
July 16 | 17 | 849 | 13 | 557 | 1 | 115 | 1033 |
August 13 | 12 | 785 | 8 | 484 | — | 107 | 953 |
Sept. 10 | 12 | 699 | 8 | 474 | 1 | 96 | 893 |
Oct. 8 | 20 | 1039 | 16 | 690 | 2 | 125 | 1052 |
Nov. 5 | 16 | 1087 | 11 | 695 | — | 145 | 1241 |
Dec. 3 | 13 | 1084 | 6 | 691 | 1 | 156 | 1274 |
Dec. 31 | 9 | 1045 | 8 | 698 | 1 | 177 | 1248 |
215 | 11,561 | 164 | 7447 | 26 | 1772 |
Note.—Correction has not been made in the above table tor errors in diagnosis
either with respect to notifications or admissions to hospital.
The table at page 40 gives particulars with respect to
diphtheria in North and South Kensington respectively.