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 V.
DISEASE. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | Annual Average of 10 Years. 1889 to 1898. | 1899. |
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Small-Pox | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 0.2 | — |
Measles | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5.4 | 5 |
Scarlet Fever | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2.2 | — |
Diphtheria | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4.5 | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4.7 | — |
*Fever | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | 2 |
Diarrhœa | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2.9 | 6 |
Totals | 24 | 23 | 24 | 29 | 14 | 26 | 22 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 21.9 | 14 |
*Under the head Fever is included Typhus, Typhoid, Continued, Relapsing and Puerperal.