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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
St James's 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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Table shewing the Names and Number of Zymotic and
certain other diseases which occurred in each quarter during the year 1876.
| First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Whole Year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 9 | 12 | .. | .. | 21 |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| Diptheria | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 10 | 2 | .. | 2 | 14 |
| Diarrhoea | .. | 1 | 17 | 1 | 19 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Typhus Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Continued Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Rheumatism | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 |
| Syphilis | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Croup | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 32 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 94 |