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]
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TABLE II.—TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OE NEW OASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, in the Sanitary District of ST. MARYLEBONE, during 1898; 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 1896 | 36,595 | 19,798 | 19,637 | 32,547 | 32,611 | 141,188 | ||||||||
(c) | Registered Births | 662 | 436 | 478 | 800 | 823 | 3199 | ||||||||
(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 bach Locality coming to the knowledge of the medical. Officer of Health. | 1. | Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
2. | Scarlatina | 15 | 69 | 18 | 46 | 10 | 24 | 13 | 31 | 19 | 44 | 75 | 214 | ||
3. | Diphtheria | 19 | 37 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 32 | 26 | 37 | 87 | 140 | ||
4. | Membranous Croup | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Fevers. | 5. Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
6. Enteric or Typhoid | 2 | 28 | .. | 11 | .. | 8 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 93 | |||
7. Continued | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |||
8. Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
9. Puerperal | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | 9 | |||
10 | Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
11. | Erysipelas | 1 | 31 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 53 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 181 | ||
Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospitals. | 1. | Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
2. | Scarlatina | 22 | 55 | 15 | 35 | 8 | 22 | 11 | 22 | 15 | 30 | 71 | 164 | ||
3. | Diphtheria | 10 | 37 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 53 | 101 | ||
4. | Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Fevers. | 5. Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
6. Enteric or Typhoid | 2 | 19 | .. | 8 | .. | 5 | .. | 11 | 18 | 2 | 61 | ||||
7, Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
8. Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
9. Puerperal | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |||
10. | Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
11. | Erysipelas | .. | 10 | .. | 21 | .. | 3 | .. | 17 | .. | 4 | .. | 58 |