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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The following Table XIV. is of interest to show the estimated population,
number of cases of Infectious Diseases notified, with Infectious
Sickness rate and the mean for the years since the Notification Act came
into operation
TABLE XIV.—
Years. | Population. | Scarlet Fever. | Small Pox. | Diphtheria. | Croup. | Typhus Fever. | Typhoid Fever. | Continued Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever | Totals. | Infectious Sickness Rate. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1890 | 46,500 | 129 | 0 | 160 | 3 | 1 | 117 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 444 | 9.5 |
1891 | 47,000 | 125 | 0 | 153 | 9 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 44 | 3 | 397 | 8.4 |
1892 | 49,400 | 399 | 6 | 137 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 94 | 3 | 684 | 13.8 |
1893 | 52,000 | 597 | 8 | 142 | 11 | 0 | 60 | 4 | 134 | 5 | 961 | 18.5 |
1894 | 57,000 | 247 | 11 | 129 | 15 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 75 | 3 | 546 | 9.5 |
1895 | 61,000 | 263 | 1 | 198 | 10 | 0 | 95 | 6 | 85 | 4 | 664 | 10.8 |
1896 | 65,000 | 315 | 0 | 124 | 6 | 0 | 193 | 2 | 122 | 5 | 767 | 11.8 |
1897 | 70,000 | 492 | 0 | 152 | 6 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 78 | 7 | 823 | 11.7 |
1898 | 77,000 | 293 | 0 | 225 | 9 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 82 | 3 | 688 | 8.9 |
1899 | 83,000 | 332 | 0 | 338 | 7 | 0 | 118 | 1 | 112 | 5 | 913 | 11.0 |
1900 | 91,000 | 347 | 0 | 516 | 11 | 0 | 86 | 1 | 87 | 8 | 1056 | 11.6 |
1901 | 97,000 | 608 | 3 | 322 | 11 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 111 | 10 | 1138 | 11.7 |
1902 | 101,318 | 560 | 146 | 142 | 8 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 131 | 7 | 1083 | 10.68 |
1903 | 106,290 | 292 | 2 | 147 | 5 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 117 | 6 | 657 | 6.2 |
Mean | 357 | 12.6 | 206 | 9.1 | 0 | 88 | 1.5 | 93 | 5 | 776 | 11.0 | |
Average for previous yars | 362 | 134 | 211 | 9.5 | 0 | 88 | 1.6 | 91 | 4.9 | 782 | 11.4 | |
Extremes | High't | 608 | 146 | 516 | 17 | 0 | 193 | 6 | 134 | 10 | 113 | 18-5 |
Lowest | 125 | 0 | 124 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 397 | 6.2 |