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Table IX.—Infectious Diseases Notified, 1890-1912, in London.
Year. | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria and Croup. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cholera. | Relaps- ins Fever. | Totals. |
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1890 | 60 | 15,330 | 5,870 | 2,877 | 35 | 237 | 206 | 4,598 | 25 | 7 | 30,245 |
1891 | 114 | 11,398 | 6,412 | 3,372 | 27 | 152 | 221 | 4,764 | 23 | 39 | 26,552 |
1892 | 423 | 27,095 | 8,353 | 2,465 | 20 | 147 | 347 | 6,931 | 54 | 7 | 45,848 |
1893 | 2,813 | 36,901 | 13,694 | 3,666 | 22 | 205 | 397 | 9,700 | 86 | 4 | 67,485 |
1894 | 1,192 | 18,440 | 11,190 | 3,360 | 21 | 162 | 253 | 6,080 | 21 | 2 | 40,925 |
1895 | 979 | 19,757 | 11,223 | 3,506 | 14 | 105 | 236 | 5,660 | 29 | 3 | 41,512 |
1896 | 225 | 25,647 | 13,941 | 3,190 | 6 | 103 | 279 | 6,438 | 13 | 3 | 49,845 |
1897 | 104 | 22,848 | 13,199 | 3,103 | 4 | 65 | 264 | 5,800 | 38 | 1 | 45,361 |
1898 | 32 | 16,894 | 11,855 | 3,024 | 16 | 55 | 247 | 5,169 | 23 | 1 | 37,316 |
1899 | 29 | 18,113 | 13,704 | 4,463 | 14 | 69 | 330 | 5,615 | 15 | 1 | 42,353 |
1900 | 87 | 13,800 | 11,985 | 4,291 | 7 | 73 | 237 | 4,762 | 5 | — | 35,747 |
1901 | 1,700 | 18,381 | 12,157 | 3,194 | 20 | 48 | 253 | 4,604 | 3 | — | 40,360 |
1902 | 7,796 | 18,252 | 10,731 | 3,407 | 4 | 47 | 311 | 5,536 | 1 | 2 | 46,087 |
1903 | 416 | 12,531 | 7,739 | 2,339 | 22 | 40 | 233 | 4,372 | — | — | 27,692 |
1904 | 489 | 13,439 | 7,219 | 1,896 | 3 | 29 | 273 | 4,943 | 1 | 1 | 28,293 |
1905 | 74 | 19,461 | 6,482 | 1,552 | 9 | 14 | 292 | 4,972 | — | 1 | 32,857 |
1906 | 31 | 20,343 | 8,035 | 1,606 | 7 | 9 | 297 | 5,026 | 2 | — | 35,356 |
1907 | 8 | 25,925 | 8.771 | 1,394 | 5 | 36 | 255 | 4,496 | — | — | 40,890* |
1908 | 1 | 22,059 | 9,998 | 1,350 | 4 | 13 | 230 | 4,209 | — | — | 35,864* |
1909 | 21 | 17,251 | 6,685 | 1,042 | 7 | 20 | 287 | 4,194 | — | — | 29,507* |
1910 | 7 | 10,512 | 5,495 | 1,284 | 3 | 15 | 292 | 3.981 | 1 | 1 | 21,706* |
1911 | 72 | 10,485 | 7,388 | 1,023 | 1 | 23 | 303 | 4,849 | 10 | 24,255* | |
1912 | 6 | 11,319 | 7 104 | 705 | 3 | 8 | 381 | 4.099 | — | — | 25,222 |
1890 | 1 | 402 | 150 | 79 | 9 | _ | 128 | 1 | _ | 770 | |
1891 | 2 | 379 | 174 | 100 | — | 7 | 9 | 144 | 1 | — | 817 |
1892 | 14 | 864 | 349 | 99 | — | 8 | 7 | 191 | 2 | — | 1,534 |
1893 | 165 | 1,366 | 353 | 148 | — | 5 | 11 | 230 | 4 | — | 2,284 |
1894 | 21 | 535 | 269 | 106 | 9 | 2 | 134 | — | — | 1,134 | |
1895 | 195 | 715 | 383 | 114 | — | 4 | 4 | 138 | — | — | 1.297 |
1896 | 7 | 846 | 323 | 121 | — | 5 | 7 | 178 | — | — | 1,487 |
1897 | 13 | 658 | 336 | 104 | — | 5 | 6 | 175 | 1 | — | 1,298 |
1898 | 2 | 409 | 338 | 112 | — | 2 | 5 | 131 | — | — | 999 |
1899 | _ | 534 | 283 | 143 | — | 4 | 3 | 176 | — | — | 1,140 |
1900 | 2 | 453 | 287 | 118 | — | 2 | 5 | 129 | — | — | 998 |
1901 | 102 | 475 | 253 | 104 | — | 1 | 6 | 117 | — | — | 1,059 |
1902 | 232 | 475 | 285 | 132 | — | 1 | 6 | 144 | — | — | 1,275 |
1903 | 45 | 352 | 186 | 71 | — | 2 | 5 | 111 | — | — | 772 |
1904 | 6 | 313 | 145 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 125 | — | — | 648 |
1905 | 2 | 370 | 118 | 41 | — | — | 12 | 123 | — | — | 666 |
1906 | — | 540 | 206 | 47 | — | 2 | 9 | 127 | — | — | 931 |
1907 | — | 418 | 145 | 51 | _ | 2 | 3 | 102 | — | — | 721* |
1908 | 1 | 627 | 187 | 41 | — | — | 6 | 81 | — | — | 943* |
1909 | 1 | 590 | 225 | 25 | — | — | 5 | 102 | — | — | 948* |
1910 | 1 | 248 | 149 | 48 | — | — | 6 | 61 | — | — | 515* |
1911 | 1 | 252 | 145 | 31 | — | — | 6 | 82 | — | — | 517* |
1912 | — | 238 | 160 | 17 | — | — | 19 | 91 | — | — | 552* |
* There were also notified 132 cases of Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis in London, 4 in Westminster in 1907.
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