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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
Newington 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Newington]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Notified to Medical Officer of Health for Newington, during the year 1896, occurring in the several Wards:—
| Small Pox | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puej peral Fever. | Erysipelas. | Membranous Croup. | Cholera. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's Ward | .. | 174 | 123 | 20 | .. | .. | 3 | 34 | 5 | .. | 359 |
| St. Paul's Ward | 2 | 114 | 30 | 10 | .. | .. | 4 | 29 | 5 | .. | 194 |
| St. Peter's Ward | 1 | 157 | 88 | 32 | .. | 1 | 1 | 54 | 3 | .. | 337 |
| St. John's Ward | .. | 138 | 85 | 18 | .. | .. | 1 | 60 | 7 | .. | 309 |
| Trinity Ward | .. | 83 | 52 | 9 | .. | 1 | .. | 23 | 1 | .. | 169 |
| 3 | 666 | 378 | 89 | .. | 2 | 9 | 200 | 21 | .. | 1368 |
DEATHS IN THE SANITARY AREA FROM THE PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN THE VARIOUS
WARDS.
| ward. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Phthisis. | Pneumonia and Bronchitis. | Heart Disease. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's | .. | 19 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 60 | 52 | 39 |
| St. Paul's | .. | 11 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 46 | 66 | 30 |
| St. Peter's | l | 26 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 31 | 68 | 116 | 50 |
| St. John's | .. | 25 | 8 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 43 | 76 | 133 | 54 |
| Trinity | .. | 17 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 54 | 82 | 28 |
| Total | l | 98 | 29 | 71 | 66 | 18 | 127 | 304 | 449 | 201 |