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 is of interest to show the estimated
Population, number of cases of Infectious Diseases notified,
with Infectious Sickness Rate for the years since (he Notification
Act came into operation. The estimated Population is
that of the Registrar-General :—
TABLE XIII.—
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 |
1904 | 111,282 | 527 | 49 | 179 | 13 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 143 | 10 | 975 | 8.76 |
1905 | 116,300 | 756 | 0 | 254 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 122 | 2 | 1188 | 10.2 |
1906 | 121,334 | 809 | 0 | 287 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 107 | 10 | 1253 | 10.3 |
1907 | 126,397 | 815 | 0 | 251 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 105 | 3 | 1201 | 9.5 |
1908 | 131,486 | 635 | 0 | 220 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 111 | 8 | 1014 | 7.7 |
1909 | 136,602 | 506 | 0 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 112 | 0 | 814 | 5.9 |
1910 | 146,923 | 232 | 0 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 99 | 3 | 499 | 3.4 |
Average for previous years | 452 | 12 | 212 | 8 | 0 | 72 | 1 | 100 | 5 | 843 | 100 | |
Extreme | High't | 815 | 146 | 516 | 17 | 1 | 193 | 6 | 143 | 10 | 1253 | 18.5 |
Lowest | 125 | 0 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 397 | 5.9 |