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 London County Council]
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LIST OF DIAGRAMS.
FACING PAGE
Diagram I.—Marriages, 1851-1903 5
II.—Births, 1851-1903 5
„ III.—Deaths (all causes), 1841-1903 7
„ IV.—Seasonal curves based on notified cases of infectious disease (14 years, 1890-
1903) 13
„ V.—Smallpox, deaths, 1841-190315
VI.—Measles, 1841-190320
„ VII.—Scarlet fever; deaths, 1859-1903 22
„ VIII.—Scarlet fever; admissions to and deaths in hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, per cent, of the total cases and deaths in London 22
„ IX.—Scarlet fever; monthly notifications and case mortality, 1891-1903 23
„ X.—Diphtheria and croup ; deaths, 1859-1903 25
„ XI.—Diphtheria; admissions to and deaths in hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, per cent, of the total cases and deaths in London 25
„ XII.—Diphtheria; monthly cases and case mortality, 1891-1903 26
„ XIII.—Whooping cough; deaths, 1841-1903 29
„ XIV.—Typhus; deaths, 1869-1903 31
„ XV.—Enteric fever; deaths, 1869-1903 32
„ XVI.—Enteric fever ; weekly notifications, 1903, and mean weekly notifications,
1890-1903 32
,,XVII.—Enteric fever ; monthly notifications and case mortality, 1891-190233
„ XVIII.—Diarrhoea, dysentery, and cholera; deaths 1841-1903 36