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Walthamstow 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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20
ZYMOTIC DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE
YEAR 1902.
Owing to the prevalence of Small Pox in London and the " Outer
Ring," I advised that Chicken Pox should be made notifiable under
the Act of 1889 for the period of one year. In consequence, the total
number of cases notified during the year under this Statute was 1,860,
an excess of 722 cases on the previous year, but eliminating the 777
cases of Chicken Pox, we had 1,083 cases of the usual diseases notified,
compared with 1,138, or a decrease of 55 as compared with 1901.
The following Table shows the number of cases notified each month
during the year:—