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 1919
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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 Borough. | |||||||||
4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||||
1. Variola or Small-pox | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
2. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 48 | 112 | 40 | 81 | 77 | 33 | 55 | 102 | .. | 558 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
3. Diphtheriaand Membranous Croup | 42 | 48 | 22 | 44 | 56 | 24 | 54 | 58 | .. | 348 | 3 | .. | .. | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 21 |
4. Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5. Enteric orTyphoid Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
6. Fever, Simple and Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
7. Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
8. Puerperal Fever | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 13 | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | |
9. Erysipelas | 13 | 18 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 16 | .. | 134 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 9 |
10.Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
11.Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
12.Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
13.Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
14.Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
15- Cerebrospinal Meningitis1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 10 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | •* | .. | 1 | .. | 6 |
16. Anterior Poliomyelitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
17, Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | .. | 39 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 5 |
18. Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
19. Acute Primary Pneumonia | 15 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 11 | .. | 86 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
20. Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 25 | 56 | 9 | 13 | 60 | 29 | 23 | 18 | .. | 213 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
21. Malaria | 8 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 13 | 9 | 9 | .. | 98 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
22.Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 |
23.Trench Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
24. Measles | 78 | 378 | 81 | 70 | 217 | 96 | 48 | 66 | .. | 1034 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | 3 | .. | 15 |
25. German Measles | 27 | 33 | 21 | 63 | 23 | 18 | 54 | 29 | .. | 268 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
26. †Tuberculosis:— Pulmonary | 115 | 115 | 61 | 107 | 104 | 91 | 114 | 62 | 30 | 799 | 35 | 33 | 21 | 37 | 38 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 268 |
Other Forms | 27 | 31 | 5 | 28 | 35 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 206 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 73 |
• Includes two deaths from Posterior Basic Meningitis.
t Including all primary notifications made under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912, 011 Forms]
A, B, C, or D.