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 Tottenham District]
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Table ITI.— Table of cases of infectious disease coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1902,
in the Tottenham Urban Sanitary District, classified according to diseases, ages, and Localities.
Notifiable
Disease.
Cases notified in Whole District.
Total Cases notified in each
Locality.
No. of Cases removed to Hospital
from bach Locality.
At all
Ages.
At Ages—Years.
65 and
upwards.
1
2
3
4
6
6
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Under
1.
1 to 5.
5 to 15.
15 to 25.
25 to 65.
Harrin -
gray.
West
Green.
St.
Ann's.
High
Cross.
Middle.
Lower.
Harrin-
gay.
West
Green.
St.
Ann's.
High
Cross.
Middle.
Lower.
Total.
Small-pox
481
19
49
104
108
197
4
24
30
176
78
110
63
24
27
161
78
103
60
453
Cholera
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Diphtheria
235
3
76
122
24
10
...
40
37
48
40
54
16
28
13
21
15
30
12
119
Membranous
Croup
7
...
4
2
1
...
...
...
...
2
3
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Erysipelas
78
5
3
1
6
53
10
11
5
17
18
16
11
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Scarlet Fever
484
3
127
264
70
20
...
102
53
118
62
84
65
65
33
99
27
48
32
304
Typhus Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Enteric Fever
118
...
7
33
36
42
...
14
10
31
18
19
26
9
4
17
7
7
9
53
Relapsing Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Continued Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Puerperal Fever
4
...
...
...
...
4
...
1
1
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Chicken Pox
669
61
294
302
8
4
...
100
70
126
113
147
113
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Totals
2076
91
560
828
253
330
14
292
206
518
333
432
295
126
77
298
127
188
113
929