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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
Westminster 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster]
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TABLE III. —Cases of Infectious Disease in St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster,
NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1900.
| Notified Disease. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Totai, Cases notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages, | At Ages—Years. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | ||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards | ||||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 104 | 2 | 25 | 42 | 18 | 17 | — | 44 | 60 | 41 | 57 |
| Membranous Croup | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 55 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 4 | 16 | 39 | 9 | 10 |
| Scarlet Fever | 123 | 1 | 28 | 64 | 18 | 12 | — | 43 | 80 | 39 | 79 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 31 | — | 1 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 4 | 21 |
| Eelapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Totals | 318 | 7 | 57 | 120 | 53 | 76 | 5 | 113 | 205 | 95 | 168 |
Note.—The Isolation Hospitals are those of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, and occasionally the
London Fever Hospital and the London Smallpox Hospital.