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.— TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge, of the Medical Officer of Health, in the Sanitary District of ST. MARYLEBONE, during March Quarter, 1904; classified according to Diseases, Ages , and Localities.
(a) | All Souls | Rectory | St. Mary | Christ Church | St. John | Totals | ||||||||
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Population at all ages. | (b) Census 1901 | 35,391 | 19,849 | 18,099 | 39,536 | 20,426 | 133,301 | |||||||
(c) Registered Births | 150 | 74 | 96 | 261 | 93 | 674 | ||||||||
(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. Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
2. Scarlatina | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 36 | ||
3. Diphtheria | .. | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | ||
4. Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | ||
Fevers. | 5. Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
6. Enteric or Typhoid | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | ||
7. Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
8. Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
9. Puerperal | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | ||
10. Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
11. Erysipelas | .. | 5 | .. | 7 | .. | 6 | 3 | 15 | .. | 1 | 3 | 34 | ||
Number of such Cases Removed from there Homes in the several localities for Treat ment in Isolation Hospitals. | 1. Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
2. Scarlatina | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 25 | ||
3. Diphtheria | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | •• | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 8 | ||
4. Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Fevers. | 5. Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
6. Enteric or Typhoid | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | ||
7. Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
8. Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
9. Puerperal | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
10. Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
11. Erysipelas | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 15 |