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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
St Olave 1899
Annual report of the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the District for the year 1899
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Notification of Infectious Diseases.
| In District. | Guy's Hospital Staff, Ac. | Workhouse. | Totals. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1897. | J 1898. | 1899. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | |
| Small-pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scarlet Fever | 65 | 62 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 87 | 67 | 65 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 26 | 14 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 16 | 32 |
| Typhoid | 10 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 11 |
| Erysipelas | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 3 |
| Totals | 111 | 91 | 104 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 138 | 100 | 111 |
The cases of Infectious Disease have been about the
same as for London as a whole, per 1,000 inhabitants.
In London the notifications were:—
| 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | |
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