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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
Camberwell 1922
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1922
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TABLE No. 3.— NOTIFIABLE DISEASES, 1922.
| Disease. | Total Cases Notified. | Admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths. | Age Distribution Notifications and Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and up. | |||||||||||||||||
| Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | |||||
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Cholera, Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 821 | 785 | 63 | 19 | 3 | 59 | 8 | 94 | 14 | 63 | 10 | 73 | 1 | 267 | 15 | 117 | 10 | 54 | 2 | 56 | – | 13 | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1083 | 898 | 22 | 8 | – | 42 | 2 | 77 | – | 64 | 2 | 123 | 8 | 439 | 4 | 209 | 2 | 60 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | |
| Enteric Fever | 11 | 8 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Puerperal Fever | 10 | 7 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | |
| Acute Influenzal | Pneumonia | 297 | 64 | 107 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 9 | 1 | 6 | – | 10 | 1 | 37 | 8 | 26 | 16 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 12 |
| Acute Primary | 23 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | – | 15 | – | 5 | – | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Erysipelas | 103 | 36 | 5 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 3 | – | 5 | – | 14 | – | 20 | – | 37 | 2 | 16 | 3 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Malaria | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 16 | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | – | – | |
| Dysentery | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | |
| Chicken-pox | 6 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Continued Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 21 | 6 | – | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Anthrax | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Glanders | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Tuberculosis:— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | M. | 258 | 234 | I | ! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| F. | 248 | 213 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 506 | 447 | 282 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 26 | 5 | 47 | 58 | 184 | 21 | 88 | 98 | 87 | 76 | 53 | 17 | |
| Non-Pulmonary | M. | 84 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| F. | 63 | 18 | ! | ! | I | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 147 | 46 | 59 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |