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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Marylebone 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE II.
Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the 52 Weeks ending 28th December, 1912.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. | Total cases notified in each locality. | Number of cases removed to Hospital from each locality. | Cases isolated at home | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | At ages—years. | All Souls | St. Mary | Christ Church | St. John | Totals. | All Souls | St. Mary | Christ Church | St. John | Totals | ||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 147 | 7 | 58 | 54 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 37 | 45 | 17 | 147 | 47 | 35 | 44 | 16 | 142 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | 84 | ... | 2 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 33 | 6 | 84 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 37 | 47 |
| Scarlet Fever | 259 | 3 | 76 | 147 | 21 | 11 | 1 | ... | 44 | 62 | 122 | 31 | 259 | 44 | 62 | 121 | 29 | 256 | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 19 | 19 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | 11 | ... | 19 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 5 | 14 |
| Enteric Fever | 11 | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 5 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Polio-Myelitis | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | |
| Phthisis: — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Under Tuberculosis Regulations, 1908. | 155 | ... | 1 | 14 | 13 | 66 | 51 | 10 | 19 | 44 | 84 | 8 | 155 | 16 | 26 | 61 | 6 | 109 | 46 |
| Under Tuberculosis Regulations, 1911. | 428 | 1 | 20 | 175 | 70 | 126 | 35 | 1 | 47 | 103 | 182 | 96 | 428 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 35 | 393 |
| Others | 107 | ... | 2 | 5 | 14 | 65 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 32 | 41 | 22 | 107 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 104 |
| Totals | 1219 | 30 | 162 | 400 | 145 | 313 | 144 | 25 | 196 | 314 | 528 | 181 | 1219 | 127 | 152 | 261 | 63 | 603 | 616 |