Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health
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NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE BOROUGH DURING 1914, AND DURING THE PRECEDING TEN YEARS, AND RATES PER 1,000.
Year. | Small-pox. | Diphtheria and Membranous Ctonp. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Cerebrospinal Fever | Acute Polio-myelitis. | Total. | ||||||||||||
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1904 | No. | Rate per 1000. | No. | Rate per 1000. | No. | Rate per 1000. | No. | Rate per 1000. | No. | Rate per 1000. | No. | Rate per 1000. | No. | Rate per 1000. | No. | Rate per 1000. | No. | Rate per 1000. | Ho. | Rate per 1000. | No. | Kate per 1000. | No. | Rate per 1000. |
6 | 0.11 | 46 | 0.82 | 99 | 1.76 | 41 | 0.73 | 0 | 0.00 | 77 | 1.37 | 7 | 0.12 | 0 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 276 | 4.91 | |
1905 | 1 | 0.02 | 47 | 0.85 | 156 | 2.82 | 21 | 0.38 | 1 | 0.02 | 35 | 0.63 | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 263 | 4.76 |
1906 | 0 | 0.00 | 66 | 1.22 | 137 | 2.53 | 15 | 0.28 | 0 | 0.00 | 56 | 1.03 | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 276 | 5.10 |
1907 | 0 | 0.00 | 64 | 1.21 | 156 | 2.94 | 14 | 0.26 | 0 | 0.00 | 40 | 0.75 | I | 0.02 | 1 | 0.02 | — | — | 2 | 0.03 | — | — | 278 | 5.24 |
1908 | 0 | 0.00 | 50 | 0.94 | 193 | 3.64 | 25 | 0.47 | 0 | 0.00 | 46 | 0.87 | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.00 | — | — | 0 | 0.00 | — | — | 316 | 5.96 |
1909 | 1 | 0.02 | 47 | 0.92 | 98 | 1.92 | 16 | 0.31 | 1 | 0.02 | 41 | 0.80 | 3 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.00 | — | — | 0 | 0.00 | — | — | 207 | 4.06 |
1910 | 0 | 0.00 | 45 | 0.90 | 68 | 1.36 | 25 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 42 | 0.84 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 000 | — | — | 1 | 0-02 | — | — | 181 | 3.62 |
1911 | 0 | 0.00 | 85 | 1.74 | 120 | 2.45 | 10 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 37 | 0.76 | 2 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 259 | 5.29 |
1912 | 0 | 0.00 | 88 | 1.83 | 113 | 2.36 | 12 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.00 | 48 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0.10 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0-00 | 267 | 5.56 |
1913 | 0 | 0.00 | 59 | 1.23 | 131 | 2.75 | 7 | 0.15 | 0 | 0.00 | 29 | 0.61 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0—04 | 232 | 4.???6 |
Average for 10 years 1904-1913. | 0.8 | 0.02 | 59.7 | 1.17 | 1271 | 2.45 | 18.6 | 0.35 | 0.2 | 0.00 | 45.1 | 0.87 | 2.0 | 0.04 | 0.1 | 0.00 | 1.3 | 0.03 | 0.4 | 0.01 | 0.2 | 0.00 | 255.5 | 4 .94 |
1914 | 0 | 0.00 | 63 | 1.35 | 173 | 3.71 | 15 | 0.32 | 0 | 0.00 | 22 | 0.47 | 4 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0.13 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 283 | 6.06 |
London,1914 | 3 | 0.00 | 9,118 | 2 03 | 25,015 | 5.54 | 779 | 0.18 | 18 | 0.00 | 4,970 | 1.09 | 393 | 0 09 | 1 | 0.00 | 885 | 0.20 | 73 | 0.02 | 93 | 0.02 | 41,348 | 9.15 |
Chicken-pox was notifiable from October 19th, 1901, to January 6th, 1903, inclusive, during which time 282 notifications were received, and from Aprii 8th to
November 6th, 1904, inclusive, during which time 61 notifications were received; and in 1911, from 22nd March to 21st June, during which period 101
notifications were received.
Anthrax, nil; Glanders, nil; Hydrophobia, nil'.
There were also the following voluntary notifications of Phthisis ■ 1911 Voluntary ... 3 1913 Private 58
1904...... | 344 | 1908 ...... | 152 | ,, Hospital | 81 | ,, Hospitals | ... 73 | ||
1905...... | 208 | 1909 Voluntary... | 16 | ,, Poor Law ... | 104 | „ Poor Law | ... 73 | ||
1906...... | 191 | „ Poor Law ... | 326 | - 188 | _ | 204 | |||
1907 ...... | 173 | 342 | 1912 Private | 35 | 1914 Private | ... 42 | |||
1910 Voluntary ... | 16 | ,, Hospital | 79 | „ Hospitals | ... 49 | ||||
„ Poor Law | .. 154 | 170 | „ Poor Law .. | 96 - 210 | „ Poor Law | ... 44 | 135 |
Also 77 nocincations or Whooping Cough which was made notifiable in Holborn tor 5 years trom 1st April, 1914.