London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1918
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1918
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In the following table the number of notifications are set forth for the past 10 years : —
| Diseases. | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 957 | 774 | 681 | 445 | 598 | 568 | 1207 | 1009 | 448 | 246 | 332 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 296 | 315 | 262 | 419 | 550 | 440 | 458 | 446 | 424 | 451 | 399 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 60 | 50 | 61 | 66 | 41 | 44 | 36 | 38 | 24 | 17 | |
| Fever, simple or continued | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 5 | |
| Erysipelas | 156 | 160 | 186 | 201 | 190 | 210 | 223 | 202 | 120 | 126 | 121 |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Cerebro—spinal Meningitis | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 23 | 25 | 13 |
| Anterior Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 9 | I | 1 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | 18 | 23 | 34 | 31 | 38 | 31 | 40 | |
| Chicken—pox (part of year) | — | — | — | 198 | — | — | — | 247 | — | — | 401 |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1855 | 3681 | 2144 |
| German Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 381 | 609 | 311 |