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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The seasonal incidence of the infectious diseases is shown in the following table:—
Monthly distribution of the Cases of Infectious Diseases certified to the Department throughout the Year 1890.
Weeks. | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 53 |
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Diseases. | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Totals |
Smallpox | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Diphtheria or Membranous Croup | 22 | 30 | 27 | 18 | 37 | 15 | 33 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 55 | 33 | 437 |
Erysipelas | 19 | 23 | 47 | 24 | 31 | 24 | 22 | 27 | 33 | 43 | 31 | 49 | 373 |
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 26 | 22 | 29 | 33 | 32 | 51 | 47 | 56 | 77 | 96 | 93 | 74 | 636 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhoid or Enteric Fever | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 137 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | 7 |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 9 |
Totals | 74 | 83 | 120 | 78 | 110 | 95 | 112 | 150 | 191 | 225 | 204 | 164 | 1606 |