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 Acton]
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ENTERIC FEVER.
Total number. | Rale per 1,000 inhabitants. | |||
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Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |
1890 | 13 | 1 | .55 | .04 |
1891 | 13 | 0 | .5 | — |
1892 | 15 | 3 | ||
1893 | 19 | 4 | .7 | .15 |
1894 | 15 | 2 | .55 | .07 |
1895 | 28 | 2 | 1.0 | .07 |
1896 | 14 | 2 | .5 | .07 |
1897 | 10 | 2 | .33 | .06 |
1898 | 9 | 0 | .28 | — |
1899 | 46 | 7 | 1.3 | |
1900 | 29 | 4 | ||
1901 | 27 | 1 | .7 | .025 |
1902 | 14 | 4 | .3 | .1 |
1903 | 40 | 5 | .9 | |
1904 | 3 | .17 | .06 | |
1905 | 12 | 6 | .24 | .12 |
1906 | 12 | 3 | .23 | .05 |
1907 | 13 | 3 | .24 | .05 |
1908 | 14 | 2 | .25 | .036 |
1909 | 4 | 1 | .07 | .018 |
1910 | 16 | 2 | .28 | .035 |
1911 | 17 | 4 | .29 | .067 |
1912 | 9 | 1 | .15 | .017 |
1913 | 4 | 0 | .065 | — |
It will be interesting to give the statistics since 1881, though, of course, the notifications cannot be included, as the Notification of Infectious Diseases Act was not in force before 1890 :—
Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths. | Rate per 1,000. | Deaths. | Rate per 1,000. | Deaths. | Rate per 1,000. | |
1881 | 6 | .35 | 11 | .62 | .11 | |
1882 | 5 | .27 | 4 | .21 | 6 | .32 |
1883 | 6 | .31 | 2 | .1 | 4 | .21 |