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Southall-Norwood 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall-Norwood]

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16
SECTION II.
Notifiable Diseases.
The number of cases of Infectious Disease which have been
reported under the Infectious Diseases Notification Act during the
year was 183. Eleven of these cases occurred in the London County
Asylum, Norwood, so that the number occurring amongst members
of our population proper was 172.
The increase was due to the fact that Chicken Pox was a
Notifiable Disease for 6 months of the year from March to
September, during which period 73 cases were notified. Deducting
these the increase in the cases ordinarily notified is 25, due to Scarlet
Fever, Erysipelas and Diphtheria.

Table: The Certificates related to the following diseases :—

The Certificates related to the following diseases :—

Scarlet Fever65Membranous Croup3
Erysipelas21Small Pox2
Enteric Fever ...2Chicken Pox73
Diphtheria17
Table of Notifications for 10 years.
1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.I9OT.1902
Scarlet Fever76452356393160475665
Diphtheria and1815348880111441120
Membranous
Croup
Typhus Fever----------
Enteric ditto6—121572432
Puerperal ditto1--1------
Erysipelas1618207101513101221
Small Pox1344————22
Chicken Pox---------73

Table: Divided into East and West Wards, the distribution of cases is as follows :—

Divided into East and West Wards, the distribution of cases is as follows :—

East.West.
Scarlet Fever2540
Diphtheria89
Membranous Croup12
Enteric Fever2-
Erysipelas138
Small Pox2—
Chicken Pox4726