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Westminster 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster]

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The following gentlemen have kindly reported cases, viz.:—
Dr. F. J. Pearse. Dr. R. J. Hamill.
„ H. Scott. „ Norton.
„ W. T. Sylvester. „ R. W. Jones.
,, L. Barnett. ,, T. Langston.
„ W. H. Pywell. „ J. Hunt.
„ G. N. Robins. „ J. H. Battye.
„ W. D. Smallpeice. „ J. B. Menzies.

Table: The following is a table of cases notified each month during the past year, and also the deaths that occurred of the under-mentioned diseases:—

The following is a table of cases notified each month during the past year, and also the deaths that occurred of the under-mentioned diseases:—

Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Erysipelas.Enteric Fever.Typh id Fever.
CasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeaths
April120125...4.....................
May117149...41.........1...
June3991...41...............
July16217...6.........111...
August5131143......11,.,
September. « »11224......11. .....
October1...10...101......2...2...
November4...151102616...1...
December1...15...2...611...1...
January...6.........4.. .2...11
February1...5...4...62............
March1...14...3171............
305331394531329514371
Total Cases—547.Total Deaths—64.

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Measles were most prevalent in April last year, but in each
succeeding month the number was reduced till in August there
were only 5 cases and one death, and since then about one case per
month has been reported without, however, any death.
Scarlet Fever was most prevalent in August, when there were
31 cases, and though since then the cases have averaged about
11a month, there have only been 4 deaths during the whole year.
Diphtheria.—Up to November and December, when the number
of cases reached 10 each month, averaged 4 a month; since
November there have been 2 cases a month, but there have
been 13 deaths.
Erysipelas.—Cases of this disorder were not reported before
November, since that time there have been about G a month, and
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