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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

Richmond upon Thames 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FROM 1898 TO 1908.
Disease.
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
Annual Average
1898-1907
1908
Small-pox
..
..
..
2
11
1
..
..
..
..
1.4
..
Scarlet fever
93
148
78
52
92
119
68
46
59
51
80.6
90
Diphtheria & membranous
croup
25
31
25
41
39
43
21
11
16
22
27.4
41
Enteric fever
8
10
21
12
17
13
7
13
8
4
11.3
5
Continued fever
8
6
4
4
..
1
..
..
..
..
2.3
..
Erysipelas
21
41
24
20
16
18
20
23
10
16
20.9
11
Puerperal fever
..
..
2
..
2
..
2
2
1
..
0.9
..
Typhus Fever
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
0.1
..
Totals
155
236
154
131
177
195
118
96
94
93
154.9
147