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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
Kensington 1897
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1897
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The table at page 83 shows the number of notifications
of infectious disease in London in 1897. The table at page
84 is designed to show the relative prevalence of the several
diseases at different periods of the year, being a summary of
the figures set out in my four-weekly reports.
The Kensington notifications, were 1,457, viz., in the
Town sub-district 1,172, and in the Brompton sub-district
285. The notifications in 1893, 1894, 1895, and 1896, were
1,811, 972, 1,289, and 1,781, respectively. Table IX. a
(appendix) shows the streets, &c., where cases of the scheduled
diseases occurred in 1897. The cases notified in London, as
a whole, were 45,465 and 4,234 fewer than in 1896. The
notifications of each of the scheduled diseases during the
eight years 1890-97, are set out in the subjoined table.
Notifications in London, 1890-97.
| Year. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Cholera. | Relapsing Fever. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 206 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | 668 | 86 | ||||||||||
| 6080 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 102 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||
Note.—The form for table "B," on page 82 was prepared
by the Local Government Board in order that a "tabular
statement of infectious sickness should be made in all districts
on a uniform plan : " the table, which is based on the infectious
disease register, is required to be appended to the annual
report of the Medical Officer of Health.