Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1922 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Notifiable Diseases during the Year.
NOTIFIABLE DIBEABE. | Total cases notified in age-periods. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | Cases admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths. | |||||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages | Ward No. 1 | Ward No. 2 | Ward No 3 (Adelaide). | Ward .No. 4 (Central). | Ward No. 5 (West End). | Ward No. 6 | Ward No.7 | |||||||||||||||
Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 3. | 3 and under 4. | 4 and under 5. | 5 and under 10. | 10 and under 15 | 15 and under 20. | 20 and | 35 and under 45 | 45 and under 65. | 65 and over. | ||||||||||||
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis, acute | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Diphtheria | 227 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 78 | 42 | 18 | 28 | 6 | 3 | .. | 19 | 43 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 97 | 12 | 209 | 19 | |
Encephalitis Letbargica, acute | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | |
Erysipelas | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .. | |
Malaria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 887 | 27 | 84 | 91 | 70 | 84 | 431 | 54 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | .. | 58 | 163 | 46 | 81 | 163 | 309 | 67 | 40 | 6 | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 9 | .. | |
Pneumonia | 98 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 9 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 14 | |
Puerperal Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | |
Scarlet Fever | 260 | .. | 2 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 84 | 51 | 32 | 46 | 10 | 2 | .. | 24 | 46 | 21 | 18 | 47 | 81 | 23 | 218 | 2 | |
*Tuberculosis- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
(a) Pulmonary | M. | 52 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 33 | 33 |
F. | 49 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 7 | 8 | .. | 6 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 17 | |
Total | 101 | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 9 | 55 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 72 | 50 | |
(b) Non-Pulmonary | M | 18 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 8 | 4 | 9 | 10 |
F. | 16 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
Total | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 19 |
Coinpulsorily notifiable in Hampstead under the Borough of Hampstead (Measles) Regulations, 1920
These figures relate only to cases notified for the first time in 1922.
A reference to the question of efficiency of notification of Tuberculosis will be found on page 22.