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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DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1908.
Infectious Diseases Act, 1889.
The following table shows the number of cases of the various diseases
certified each month during the year :—
TABLE XIV.—Cases of Infections Disease notified during the Year 1908.
1908. Notifications. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apl. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. | Deaths. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-Pox | Under 5 years Over „ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Scarlet Fever | Under 5 years Over „ | 11 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 147 | 7 |
28 | 30 | 35 | 37 | 41 | 39 | 41 | 30 | 74 6 | 41 | 51 | 41 | 488 | 4 | ||
Diphtheria | Under 5 years Over „ | 5 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 73 | Under5, 12 Over 5, 8 | |
14 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 147 | |||
Membranous Croup | Under 5 years Over „ | 1 | o | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
0 | 0 | u | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Enteric Fever | Under 5 years Over „ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 35 | 13 | ||
Continued Fever | Under 5 years Over „ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ; 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Puerperal Fever | Under 5 years Over „ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | o | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | y | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | ||
Erysipelas | Under 5 years Over „ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
11 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 102 | 3 | ||
Totals | 74 | 76 | 78 | 73 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 82 | 129 | 107 | 109 | 80 | 1014 | 52 |