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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 Pancras 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: Distribution of the Cases of Infectious Disease notified to the Department throughout the Year 1839. Showing the effect of the Infectious Disease Notification Act.

Distribution of the Cases of Infectious Disease notified to the Department throughout the Year 1839. Showing the effect of the Infectious Disease Notification Act.

Weeks.4454454544*5452
Diseases.JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberTotals
Smallpox• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
Cholera• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
Diphtheria or Membranous Croup954546312112731108
Erysipelas• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •383270
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever141218113424333045188439362
Typhus Fever• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •11
Typhoid or Enteric Fever1136152265231166
Relapsing Fever• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
Continued Fever• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •1• •1
Puerperal• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •11
Totals'24182522393538335334173115609

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*The Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889, came into force at this date.
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