Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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SECTION II.
RECORDS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES ADOPTED.
Notification of Inpectious Disease under the Notification
Act of 1889.
The total number of cases notified under the above Act for
the year 1908 was 147. The number notified during the
previous year was 93, for the year 1906 the number was 94, for
1905 it was 96, and for 1904 it was 118.
Table of Monthly Notifications.
Month.
Totals
Diphtheria.
Erysipelas.
Scarlet Fever.
Enteric Fever.
January
4
2
1
1
..
February
4
1
2
1
...
March
5
3
...
2
...
April
6
...
...
5
1
May
14
7
2
4
1
June
8
4
1
3
...
July
8
4
...
4
...
August
4
3
1
...
...
September
8
2
2
4
...
October
26
3
...
21
2
November
38
9
1
28
...
December
22
3
1
17
1
Total
147
41
11
90
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