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 Walthamstow]
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TABLE VIII.
Small-Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Croup. | Typhoid. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Zymotic Enteritis. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1903 | 0 | 6 | 17 | — | 19 | 52 | 34 | 28 | 37 | 193 |
1902 | 20 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 125 |
1901 | 1 | 13 | 38 | 12 | 43 | 26 | 131 | 10 | 274 | |
Gastro-Enteritis. | ||||||||||
1900 | 0 | 5 | 71 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 110 | 27 | 283 |
1899 | 0 | 6 | 64 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 34 | 144 | 309 | |
1898 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 24 | 162 | 283 |
To make comparison with previous years easier, the deaths from
Enteritis are not included in the foregoing table.
The following Table gives the deaths from the seven principal
Zymotic diseases in the four quarters of the year
TABLE IX.
Small-Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Croup. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea and Zymotic Enteritis. | Enteritis. | Totals. | Totals for 1900. | Totals for 1901. | Totals for 1902. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st Quarter | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 44 | 44 | 31 |
2nd „ | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 45 | 51 | 29 |
3rd „ | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 40 | 8 | 85 | 142 | 171 | 42 |
4th „ | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 48 | 52 | 34 | 34 |
Total | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 52 | 34 | 19 | 65 | 20 | 213 | 283 | 300 | 136 |
The following Table shows graphically the death-rate from these
diseases for the previous 10 years, with the rate for 1903 :—