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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
Kingston upon Thames 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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Eleven deaths were recorded, 10 of them being in the early spring, but nearly all were complicated with other diseases.
| WARDS and DISEASES IN EACH. | Primary Cases. | Secondary Cases. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st1Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | 1st Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | ||
| Town— | |||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Diphtheria | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 — 16 | ||||||
| NORBITON— | |||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 2 | i | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 23 | |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Enteric Fever | — 26 | ||||||||
| CANBURY— | |||||||||
| * Scarlet Fever | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 23 | |||
| Diphtheria | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 - 37 | ||||
| HILL— | |||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 17 | ||||
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Small Fox | 15 | 1 19 | 16 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 1 — 25 |
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 73 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | ||
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Small Pox | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| *Barracks: Scarlet Fever: 11. | Grand Total | 104 | |||||||