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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
Malden and Coombe 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden and Coombe]
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The classification at the Hospital when the diseases had more
fully developed were:—
Scarlet Fever 48
Diphtheria 17
Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever 5
Enteric* 1
71
* This case was not returned in Hospital as Enteric.
One case of diphtheria died before the notification was received,
and one from heart failure, both treated at home. One case sent
in to the Infectious Hospital as scarlet fever was diagnosed at the
hospital as diphtheria.
Two cases sent in as diphtheria, (the diphtheria bacillus being
first found), were found afterwards, when in hospital, to be peeling,
and were returned as scarlet fever.
The monthly distribution is:-
| Measles. | Erysipelas | Diphtheria | Scarlet Fever. | Typhoid. | Puerperal Fever. | Phthisis. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | … | 6 | 6 | … | … | |
| February | 5 | 1 | 6 | … | … | … | |
| March | 2 | … | 2 | 12 | … | … | 2 |
| April | 1 | 7 | 2 | … | … | … | |
| May | 4 | … | … | … | … | ||
| June | 1 | 39 | … | … | … | ||
| July | 11 | … | … | 3 | … | … | … |
| August | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | … | … | … |
| September | … | … | … | 2 | 1 | … | … |
| October | … | … | 3 | … | … | 1 | |
| November | … | … | 2 | 5 | … | … | … |
| December | 1 | 4 | … | 4 | … | 1 | … |
| Total | 29 | 12 | 25 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 4 |