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. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE III.—
(a) | All Souls | Rectory | St. Mary | Christ Church | St. John | Totals | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population at all ages. | (b) Census 190 | 35,391 | 19,849 | 18,099 | 39,536 | 20,428 | 133,301 | |||||||
(c) Registered Births | 570 | 396 | 381 | 1182 | 431 | 2960 | ||||||||
(d) Aged under 5 or over 5 | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | ||
New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the medical Officer of Health. | 1. Chicken Pox | 51 | 55 | 49 | 3) | 35 | 12 | 79 | 64 | 56 | 57 | 270 | 218 | |
2. Smallpox | .. | 17 | 1 | 27 | .. | 20 | 2 | 41 | .. | 16 | 3 | 121 | ||
3. Scarlatina | 21 | 22 | 12 | 38 | 9 | 27 | 12 | 33 | 48 | 110 | 105 | 230 | ||
4. Diphtheria | 17 | 48 | 10 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 37 | 78 | 115 | |||
5. Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
Fevers. | 6. Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
7. Enteric or Typhoid | 1 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 90 | ||||
8. Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
9. Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
10. Puerperal | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 9 | ||
11. Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
12. Erysipelas | 1 | 28 | .. | 85 | 2 | 67 | 5 | 62 | 1 | 26 | 9 | i68 | ||
Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospitals. | .. | 17 | 1 | 27 | .. | 20 | 2 | 41 | .. | 16 | 3 | 121 | ||
18 | 59 | 10 | 39 | 7 | 24 | 10 | 35 | 41 | 86 | 86 | 243 | |||
15 | 34 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 30 | 66 | 109 | |||
4. Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | ||
Fevers. | 5. Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
1 | 12 | .. | 6 | .. | 10 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 63 | |||
7. Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
9. Puerperal | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | ||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
.. | 3 | .. | 60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 82 |