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 St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Deaths from notifiable Infectious Diseases during 1888.
Weeks. | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | •• |
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Diseases. | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Totals |
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | • • | .. | .. | ||||||||
Diphtheria | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 72 |
Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 | ||
Scarlatina or Scarlet | |||||||||||||
Fever | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | .. | 52 |
Typhus Fever | • • | ||||||||||||
Typhoid Fever | 9 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 57 |
Relapsing Fever | • • | ||||||||||||
Continued Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Puerperal Fever | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | ||||
Total | 17 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 215 |
Laryngitis | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||
Croup | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 30 |
Sore Throat Quinsey | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
Total | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 56 |