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 1889.
Weeks. | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | •• |
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Diseases. | January | February | 1 March | April | May | I June | July | August | September | October | * November | December | Totals |
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Diphtheria or Membran | |||||||||||||
ous Croup | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 62 |
Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||||
Scarlatina or Scarlet | |||||||||||||
Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25 | ||
Typhus Fever | |||||||||||||
Typhoid Fever | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 29 | |||
Relapsing Fever | |||||||||||||
Continued Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
Puerperal Fever | 2 | I | 1 | 1 | l | 6 | |||||||
Total | 5 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 135 |
Laryngitis | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||
Croup | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 12 | ||
Sore Throat Quinsey | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
Total | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 |
* Infectious Diseases Notification Act came into force.