Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1899
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TABLE IV.
Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Broad Court | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Castle Street | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Charing Cross Hospital | .. | *2 | .. | †4 | .. | ‡10 | ¶3 | 19 |
Charing Cross Road | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Drury Lane | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Garrick Street | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | .. | 1 |
Great Newport Street | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Martlett's Court | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Mercer Chambers, Neal Street | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Neal Street | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
White Hart Street | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
In the street | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | §1 | 1 |
.. | 5 | .. | 5 | .. | 11 | 9 | 30 |
*One of these death from Measles, occurring in the Charing Cross Hospital, was that of
a non-parishioner.
†All these four deaths from Diphtheria, occurring in the Charing Cross Hospital, were
those of non-parishioners.
‡These ten deaths from Typhoid Fever, occurring in the Charing Cross Hospital, were those
of non-parishioners.
Two of these deaths from Diarrhoea, occurring in the Charing Cross Hospital, were those
of non-parishioners.
$ This death from Diarrhœa, occurring in the street, was that of a non-parishioner.