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, London, Borough of]
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f 2- NOTIFICATION AND DISEASES.
The annual numbers of cases of Notifiable Infectious Diseases certified since tlie commencement of notification
are shown in the following table:—
Diseases. | 1889 2 mos. | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 |
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Small-pox | . . | 5 | 1 | 31 | 112 | 95 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | . . | 7 | 238 | 314 | 28 | 3 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Scarlet Fever | 123 | 636 | 621 | 1279 | 2465 | 1255 | 1053 | 1067 | 913 | 970 | 858 | 650 | 971 | 1200 | 647 | 840 | 987 | 791 | 851 | 957 | 774 |
Diphtheria | 58 | 437 | 298 | •432 | 732 | 491 | 522 | 458 | 506 | 473 | 548 | 580 | 898 | 781 | 489 | 332 | 278 | 271 | 337 | 292 | 312 |
Membranous Croup | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 11 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
Typhus Fever | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Enteric Fever | 34 | 137 | 217 | 119 | 163 | 188 | 144 | 198 | 213 | 217 | 240 | 356 | 181 | m | 83 | 135 | 72 | 96 | 54 | 60 | 50 |
Fever, Simple and Continued . | 1 | 7 | 4 | . . | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | |
Relapsing Fever | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
Cholera | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | . . | . . | 3 | 4 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Erysipelas | 70 | 33 | 370 | 426 | 678 | 470 | 408 | 366 | 393 | 324 | 305 | 227 | 243 | 253 | 222 | 251 | 228 | 231 | 188 | 156 | 160 |
Plague | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Chicken-pox | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 181 | 1260 | 16 | 407 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Totals | 288 | 1606 | 1528 | 2322 | 4184 | 2525 | 2178 | 2123 | 2057 | 2022 | 1976 | 1835 | 2731 | 4019 | 1496 | 1984 | 1580 | 1403 | 1448 | 1482 | 1320 |