Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1918
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The notifications of, and deaths from, the notifiable infectious diseases, are classified in the following table according to their Wards and Registration Sub-Districts:—
INFECTIOUS DISEASES. | Notifications. | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||
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West. Ward | South Ward | East Ward. | North. Ward | No Address. | w hole Borough. | West. Ward | South. Ward | East.; Ward | North. Ward | No Address. | Whole Boroueh. | |||||||||
4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||||
1. Variola or Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
2. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 36 | 53 | 33 | 54 | 30 | 57 | 54 | .. | 332 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 7 | |
3. Diphtherit and Membranous Group | 48 | 50 | 24 | 57 | 62 | 31 | 76 | 7 | .. | 399 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .. | 31 |
4. Typhus Fever. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5. Entericor Typhoid Fever. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 17 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 |
6.Fever, Simple and Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
7. Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
8. Puerperal Fever | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
9. Erysipelas | 10 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 16 | .. | 121 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 11 | ||
10. Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
11. Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
12. Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
13. Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
14. Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
15. Cerebrospinal Meningitis* | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 13 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 9 |
16. Anterior Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
17. Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | .. | 40 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
18. Chicken-pox | 12 | 52 | 9 | 52 | 114 | 37 | .. | 401 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Total under Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Section 55 | 119 | 176 | 69 | 159 | 210 | 208 | 228 | 161 | .. | 1330 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 146 |
Tuberculosis—Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations 1912, Primary "C'and "D"; Pulmonary | 123 | 99 | 107 | 156 | 118 | 92 | 74 | 63 | 64 | 26 | 54 | 50 | 35 | 41 | 27 | 43 | 403 | |||
„ other forms | 27 | 30 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 203 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 82 | |
Public Health (Measles and German Measles) Regulations, 1915— | ||||||||||||||||||||
Measles | 109 | 75 | 201 | 469 | 188 | 519 | 325 | .. | 2114 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 75 | ||||
German Measles | 38 | 37 | 26 | 44 | 29 | 33 | 56 | 48 | .. | 311 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
* Includes one death from Posterior Basic Meningitis.