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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Table shewing Notifications of Infectious Diseases from 1903 to 1913.
Disease. | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | Annual Average 1903-1912 | 1913 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-pox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0.1 | .. |
Scarlet fever | 119 | 68 | 46 | 59 | 51 | 90 | 136 | 105 | 78 | 53 | 80.5 | 90 |
Diphtheria & membranous croup | 43 | 21 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 41 | 65 | 60 | 39 | 34 | 35.2 | 53 |
Enteric fever | 13 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6.0 | .. |
Continued fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0.1 | .. |
Erysipelas | 18 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 14.4 | 25 |
Puerperal fever | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0.5 | 1 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0.1 | .. |
Acute Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Totals | 195 | 118 | 96 | 94 | 93 | 147 | 221 | 177 | 131 | 97 | 136.9 | 170 |