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
Paddington 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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appendix : sickness—cases reported. vaccination returns.
| 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 1* | ... | ... | ... | 1* | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diphtheria | 163 | 244 | 293 | 286 | 266 | 207 | 227 | 254 | 254 | 461 | |
| Membranous Croup | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| Erysipelas | 117 | 117 | 112 | 141 | 137 | 104 | 66 | 56 | 76 | 81 | |
| Fevers. | Scarlet | 226 | 272 | 484 | 738 | 436 | 272 | 124 | 150 | 261 | 501 |
| Enteric | 37 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 19 | |
| Continued | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Puerperal | 7 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 15 | |
| Cerebro-spinal | 2(a) | 7 | ... | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |
| Posterior Basic Meningitis | ...(a) | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1(a) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 5 | 2 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 21(a) | 31 | 22 | 51 | 31 | 20 | 27 | 22 | 30 | 29 | |
| Dysentery | 3(a) | 1 | |||||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 3(a) | 2 | |||||||||
| Malaria | 64(a) | 24 | |||||||||
| Pneumonia, Influenzal | 87(a) | 45 | |||||||||
| Pneumonia, Primary | 83(a) | 96 | |||||||||
| Trench Fever | 1(a) | ... | |||||||||
| Tuberculosis—Total | 397 | 835 | 664 | 545 | 590 | 526 | 502 | 451 | 391 | 383 | |
| Pulmonary | 397(d) | 835 | 492(e) | 397 | 426 | 388 | 355 | 325 | 284 | 277 | |
| Other Forms | 172(a) | 148 | 164 | 138 | 147 | 126 | 107 | 106 | |||
| Measlest—Total | 1429 | 1398 | 1240 | 424 | 3721 | 746 | 4245 | 1519 | 1890 | 2034 | |
| Reported | 1429 | 1398 | 1240 | 111 | 801 | 200 | 1544 | 515 | 632 | 607 | |
| Notified | 313(a) | 2920 | 546 | 2701 | 1004 | 1258 | 1427 | ||||
| Chickenpox—Total | 494 | 459 | 599 | 555 | 644 | 468 | 406 | 813 | 261 | 568 | |
| Reported | 494 | 459 | 399 | 555 | 560 | 468 | 406 | 606 | 261 | 568 | |
| Notified | 84(b) | 207(b) | |||||||||
| Whooping Cough} | 632 | 377 | 644 | 558 | 365 | 540 | 325 | 691 | 160 | 357 | |
| Mumps † | 223 | 341 | 203 | 247 | 167 | 180 | 200 | 680 | 150 | 154 | |
| Ringworm ‡ | 165 | 267 | 148 | 196 | 125 | 152 | 117 | 111 | 189 | 204 | |
* Error. † Measles (morbilli) and German Measles (rubeola). ‡ Reported, i.e., not notified.
(a) First year of notification, (b) Notified during part of year only, (c) Notification limited to
Poor Law cases. (d) Extended to Hospital Patients. (e) Universal.
TABLE V. Vaccination Returns.
| Children Born. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible to Vaccination. | Died Unvaccinated. | Per cent, of Children Born (Cols. 1-4) | Vaccination Postponed. | Exempted under Act. | " Rest." | Per cent, of Children Born (Cols. 6-8) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cols. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 1909 | 2,920 | 2,242 | 11 | 207 | 84.2 | 27 | 243 | 190 | 15.7 |
| 1910 | 2,916 | 2,093 | 6 | 232 | 79.9 | 26 | 356 | 203 | 20.1 |
| 1911 | 2,821 | 2,014 | 10 | 228 | 79.8 | 31 | 367 | 171 | 20.2 |
| 1912 | 2,808 | 1,990 | 5 | 185 | 77.6 | 34 | 388 | 206 | 22.4 |
| 1913 | 2,794 | 1,903 | 3 | 197 | 75.2 | 40 | 445 | 206 | 24.8 |
| 1914 | 2,715 | 1,744 | 11 | 182 | 71.3 | 30 | 551 | 197 | 28.7 |
| 1915 | 2,516 | 1.683 | 4 | 163 | 73.5 | 43 | 422 | 201 | 26.5 |
| 1916 | 2,388 | 1,555 | 9 | 164 | 72.3 | 36 | 444 | 180 | 27.7 |
| 1917 | 1,843 | 1,152 | 7 | 137 | 70.3 | 38 | 354 | 156 | 29.7 |
| 1918 | 1,808 | 1,126 | 5 | 143 | 70.5 | 41 | 308 | 185 | 29.5 |
| 1919 | 2,025 | 1,245 | 7 | 153 | 69.4 | 33 | 413 | 174 | 30.6 |