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 Southall-Norwood]
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The following Table shows the number of Infectious Diseases notified, the Infectious Sickness Rate, and the mean for the previous ten years.
Years. | Population. | Scarlet Fever. | Small Pox, | Diphtheria. | Croup. | Typhoid Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Totals. | Infectious Sickness Rate, per 1,000 Population. |
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1896 | 7184 | 56 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 74 | 1.0 |
1897 | 7913 | 39 | — | 88 | — | 15 | 10 | — | 152 | 19.2 |
1898 | 8531 | 31 | — | 80 | — | 7 | 15 | - | 133 | 15.5 |
1899 | 9311 | 60 | — | 110 | 1 | 2 | 13 | — | 186 | 19.9 |
1900 | 11199 | 47 | — | 39 | 5 | 4 | 10 | — | 105 | 9.3 |
1901 | 10477 | 56 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 12 | — | 84 | 7.8 |
1902 | 12680 | 65 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 21 | — | 110 | 8.0 |
1903 | 13832 | 80 | — | 16 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 129 | 9.3 |
1904 | 15737 | 145 | — | 17 | 2 | 4 | 15 | — | 183 | 11.8 |
1905 | 17712 | 69 | - | 25 | 4 | 3 | 15 | — | 116 | 6.5 |
Mean | 1145.7 | 64.8 | 0.8 | 40.2 | 2.2 | 5.1 | 13.8 | 0.3 | 127.2 | 10.9 |
1906 | 18777 | 99 | — | 27 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 165 | 8.7 |