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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 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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The mortality is .7 per 1000, as compared with .8 the average for the last four years.
| WARDS and DISEASES IN EACH. | Primary Cases. | Secondary Cases. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr | 4th Qr. | 1st Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | ||
| TOWN— | |||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Diphtheria | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| —22 | |||||||||
| CANBURY— | |||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 31 | ||
| Diphtheria | 2 | I | 1 | 6 | 1 | I | 4 | 16 | |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| —49 | |||||||||
| NORBITON— | |||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Diphtheria | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |||
| Membranous Croup | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| —26 | |||||||||
| HILL— | |||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Diphtheria | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | |||||
| -26 | |||||||||
| 123 | |||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 50 | |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 54 |
| Membranous Croup | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| One case of Puerperal Fever brought into the Workhouse from Tolworth, after having been ill some time, is not included. | |||||||||