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 II.
(a) | All Souls | St. Mary | Christ Church | St. John | Totals | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population at all ages | 35,391 | 37,948 | 39,536 | 20,426 | 133,301 | |||||||
(c) Registered Births | 65 | 60 | 98 | 45 | 268 | |||||||
Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 upwards | Under 5 | 5 up wards | 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. Scarlatina | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 23 | ||
3. Diphtheria | 1 | 6 | .. | 4 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | 13 | ||
4. Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Fevers. | 5. Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
6. Enteric or Typhoid | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | I | .. | 2 | ||
7. Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
8. Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
9. Puerperal | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
10. Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
11. Erysipelas. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 6 | .. | 2 | 1 | 13 | ||
Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes is the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospitals. | 1. Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
2. Scarlatina | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 23 | ||
3. Diphtheria | 1 | 6 | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 11 | ||
4. Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Fevers. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
.. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |||
7. Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
8. Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
.. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
*St. Mary and Rectory sub-districts are now united into one under the name of St. Mary. |