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 1916
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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. | Whole Borough. | West, Ward | South. Ward | East. Ward | North. Ward | No Address. | |||||||||
4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||
1. Variola or Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
2. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 75 | 42 | 19 | 42 | 83 | 56 | 56 | 75 | .. | 448 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | |
3. Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 54 | 51 | 14 | 49 | 60 | 51 | 80 | 65 | .. | 424 | 2 | 4 | .. | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | .. | |
4. Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5. Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 2 | 8 | 9 | .. | 9 | 6 | .. | .. | 38 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||
6. Fever, Simple and Continued | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
7. Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
8. Puerperal Fever | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. | 18 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
9. Erysipelas | 7 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 120 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
10. cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
11. Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
12. Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
13. Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
14. Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
15. Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | 23 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | ||
16. Anterior Poliomyelitis | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
17. Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 38 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Total under Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Section 55 | 152 | 124 | 60 | 125 | 185 | 152 | 164 | 157 | 1120 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 3 | .. | |
Tuberculosis primary notifications- Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations 1912, Primary notifications on Forms "A " " B " "C " and " D „ Pulmonary | 97 | 96 | 59 | 108 | 111 | 85 | 73 | 59 | 47 | 735 | 41 | 56 | 28 | 58 | 41 | 28 | 42 | 29 | 17 |
„ other forms | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 28 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 138 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 1 |
Public Health (Measles and German Measles) Regulations, 1915— Measles | 324 | 230 | 53 | 231 | 182 | 92 | 325 | 416 | 2 | 1855 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | .. |
German Measles | 74 | 44 | 37 | 100 | 30 | 13 | 58 | 25 | .. | 381 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |