Report on the public health of 1903.

  • Finsbury (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1904
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Credit: Report on the public health of 1903. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    27 THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES. The principal Infectious Diseases are seven in number, namely:— Smallpox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Fever (including typhus, typhoid or enteric, and simple or continued), Diarrhoea, Measles and Whooping Cough. The notification clauses of the Public Health London Act, 1891 (Sections 55-57), deal with smallpox, cholera, diphtheria and membranous croup, erysipelas, scarlet fever, typhus, typhoid, relapsing, continued, and puerperal fevers. During 1902 there were 586 notifications, as compared with 1026 in 1902. The returns according to the Metropolitan Asylums Board Reports are as follows:— First Qtr. Second Qtr. Third Qtr. Fourth Qtr. Total for 190c Smallpox — — — I I Scarlet Fever 48 64 122 49 283 Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) 38 37 29 15 119 Fevers- Enteric 11 3 10 23 47 Typhus — — — — — Continued — — — — — Erysipelas 26 25 16 41 108 Puerperal Fever 3 2 3 — 8 Chicken Pox (Temporary Notification) 20 — — — 20 Totals 146 131 180 129 586