Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixth annual report of the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell...
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TABLE III.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1905.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Dulwich. | South Camberwell. | North Camberwell. | Peckham. | St. George's. | Dulwich. | South Camberwell. | North Camberwell. | Peckham. | St. George's. | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||
| Smallpox | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 9 |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria | 228 | 5 | 87 | 110 | 16 | 10 | .. | 6 | 43 | 48 | 94 | 37 | 5 | 24 | 41 | 89 | 28 |
| Membranous Croup | 15 | 1 | 12 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 12 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 10 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 337 | 15 | 15 | 27 | 47 | 194 | 39 | 9 | 32 | 92 | 117 | 87 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 10 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1223 | 13 | 392 | 706 | 77 | 35 | .. | 35 | 265 | 251 | 440 | 232 | 20 | 208 | 213 | 376 | 203 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 66 | .. | 4 | 14 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 12 | .. | 4 | 13 | 21 | 10 |
| Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 24 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 17 | .. | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .. | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals | 1905 | 35 | 512 | 866 | 175 | 277 | 40 | 53 | 351 | 422 | 698 | 381 | 29 | 243 | 286 | 529 | 263 |