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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

City of London 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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Table: Table D.INFECTIOUS DISEASES.Showing (a)the total number of cases reported, and(b) the total number treated in the Port Sanitary Hospital for each of the five years ending 31st December, 1901, with the mean annual number for those years, and the total number of cases in each class for the year ending 31st Decernber, 1902.

Table D.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

Showing (a)the total number of cases reported, and(b) the total number treated in the Port Sanitary Hospital for each of the five years ending 31st December, 1901, with the mean annual number for those years, and the total number of cases in each class for the year ending 31st Decernber, 1902.

Disease.1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.Mean Annual number for the 5 years.fCUSAQj Total number for 1902,
(a) Cases reported:
Cholera81...1...2.020
Plague (including suspected cases)1346196.610
Small.pox261112151315.493
Scarlet Fever31155142718.413
Diphtheria1857202815.626
Enteric Fever5153661267874.866
Measles51838678342.236
Erysipelas5310255.02
Typhus Fever1............0.2...
Continued Fever211252.25
Other diseases (including Chicken. pox)2211712912.214
Total170111160265267194.6285
(b) Treated in Port S anitary Hospital :
Cholera.....................
Plague (including suspected cases)...113133.64
Small.pox688977.629
Scarlet Fever121252.22
Diphtheria22...152.02
Enteric Fever342723553735.227
Measles...107455.211
Erysipelas...13...11.01
Typhus Fever.....................
Continued Fever...11251.84
Other diseases (including Chicken. pox)566815.28
Total485850847963.888