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 Casts of Infectious Diseases certified to the Department throughout the Year 1891.
Weeks. | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 53 |
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Diseases. | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Totals |
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Diphtheria or Membranous Croup | 27 | 19 | 37 | 40 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 30 | 23 | 26 | 298 |
Erysipelas | 87 | 22 | 24 | 40 | 28 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 42 | 29 | 46 | 35 | 370 |
Scarlatina or Scarlet | 45 | 88 | 38 | 47 | 31 | 27 | 43 | 74 | 90 | 78 | 61 | 621 | |
Fever Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhoid or Enteric Fever | 11 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 31 | 18 | 47 | J9 | 217 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 8 |
Totals | 122 | 89 | 119 | 137 | 85 | 77 | 102 | 112 | 181 | 168 | 194 | 142 | 1528 |