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 London County Council]
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Table 12—Death rates from certain infectious diseases—London and England and Wales—1931-46 Rates are per 1,000 living except for diarrhoea and enteritis where it is expressed per 1,000 live births
Year | Measles | Whooping-cough | Scarlet fever | Diphtheria | Diarrhoea & enteritis under 2 | |||||
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London | E. & W. | London | E. & W. | London | E. & W. | London | E. & W. | London | E. & W. | |
1931 | 0.026 | 0.082 | 0.069 | 0.063 | 0.016 | 0.014 | 0.059 | 0.067 | 9.71 | 5.90 |
1932 | 0.189 | 0.085 | 0.080 | 0.074 | 0.020 | 0.013 | 0.072 | 0.058 | 12.55 | 6.60 |
1933 | 0.023 | 0.048 | 0.077 | 0.056 | 0.020 | 0.018 | 0.084 | 0 060 | 11.74 | 6.98 |
1934 | 0.202 | 0.093 | 0.069 | 0.051 | 0.016 | 0.024 | 0.114 | 0.101 | 12.80 | 5.36 |
1935 | 0.005 | 0.033 | 0.040 | 0.039 | 0.006 | 0.014 | 0.065 | 0.086 | 11.31 | 5.56 |
1936 | 0.141 | 0.067 | 0.067 | 0.051 | 0.010 | 0.012 | 0.055 | 0.075 | 14.47 | 5.75 |
1937 | 0.006 | 0.026 | 0.060 | 0.043 | 0.008 | 0.009 | 0.053 | 0.072 | 12.29 | 5.54 |
1938 | 0.058 | 0.040 | 0.025 | 0.027 | 0.007 | 0.009 | 0.050 | 0.071 | 13.23 | 5.30 |
1939 | 0.001 | 0.007 | 0.035 | 0.031 | 0.002 | 0.005 | 0.026 | 0.053 | 8.36 | 4.67 |
1940 | 0.009 | 0.021 | 0.003 | 0.017 | 0.002 | 0.004 | 0.022 | 0.052 | 6.13 | 4.76 |
1941 | 0.022 | 0.029 | 0.048 | 0.062 | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.035 | 0.068 | 6.30 | 5.08 |
1942 | 0.013 | 0.012 | 0.042 | 0.021 | 0.0004 | 0.003 | 0.021 | 0.047 | 7.97 | 5.22 |
1943 | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.034 | 0.029 | 0.004 | 0.003 | 0.023 | 0.036 | 9.86 | 5.15 |
1944 | 0.003 | 0.006 | 0.047 | 0.028 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.015 | 0.024 | 9.58 | 4.97 |
1945 | 0.012 | 0.019 | 0.018 | 0.018 | 0.0004 | 0.002 | 0.009 | 0.018 | 6.98 | 5.50 |
1946 | 0.007 | 0.005 | 0.017 | 0.020 | 0.0003 | 0.001 | 0.008 | 0.011 | 4.08 | 4.24 |