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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
Leyton 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Table X.— INFECTIOUS DISEASES (NOTIFICATION) ACT, 1890. The following Table shows the number of cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the year:—
| Small Pox 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Scarlet Fever 27 | 44 | 38 | 36 | 19 | 29 | 27 | 30 | 36 | 39 | 30 | 42 | 397 |
| Diphtheria 26 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 185 |
| Membranous Croup 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 54 |
| Simple Continued Fever 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Relapsing Fever 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Puerperal Fever 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Erysipelas 13 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 88 |
| Cholera 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | 72 | 61 | 52 | 46 | 57 | 50 | 51 | 71 | 75 | 62 | 63 | 734 |