H02: Causes of admission and mortality in a nineteenth‐century English workhouse infirmary, with a focus on dermatological conditions.

There is doubt about the accuracy of some diagnoses, especially typhus, although those of smallpox and scarlet fever, being widely recognized by lay people, may be fairly accurate. To summarize, cases of scarlet fever, smallpox and other dermatological conditions comprised 3-3% of all admissions from 1826 to 1857. The small number of smallpox admissions could reflect a successful vaccination policy, which became mandatory from 1853. [Extracted from the article]