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 1918
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The only statistical records of the progress of the disease during the yoar are the weekly returns of death, and in the following table these are set out for influenza (and certain other causes of death which are apt to increase with that disease) for 1918 and part of 1919:—
Week No. | Week ended | Influenza. | Diseases of Heart. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Week No. | Week ended | Influenza. | Diseases of Heait. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1918 | 1918 | 1919 | 1919 | ||||||||||
1 | _ | 13 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | Jan. 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | ||
2 | ,,12 | — | 14 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 2 | „ 11 | 3 | 9 | 3 | — | 11 |
3 | v 19 | — | 12 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 3 | „ 18 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
4 | ,, 26 | — | 12 | — | 8 | 7 | ,, 25 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | ||
5 | Feb. 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | Feb. 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | ||
6 | ,, 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 6 | „ 8 ... | 6 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 7 | ||
„ 16 | — | 4 | 7 | „ 15 | 22 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 11 | ||||
8 | ,, 28 | — | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | ,, 22 | 40 | 13 | 26 | 6 | ||
9 | — | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 7 | 27 | 18 | 8 | ||
10 | ,, 9 | — | 8 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 10 | „ 8 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 4 | |
,, 16 | — | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 11 | „ 15 | 33 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | |
12 | — | 6 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 6 | |||||
13 | „ 30 | — | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | „ 29 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 6 | |
April 6 | — | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | April 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | ||
,, 13 | — | 4 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 15 | „ 12 | 6 | 9 | 5 | |||
„ 20 | — | 11 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | ,, 19 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 5 | ||
17 | ,, 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | „ 26 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
18 | — | 5 | 5 | May 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |||||
19 | ,, 11 | — | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | „ 10 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
„ 18 | — | 11 | 3 | 9 | 20 | „ 17 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
21 | „ 25 | — | 9 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 21 | „ 24 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 5 |
— | 3 | 2 | 2 | 22 | „ 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||||
— | 5 | 10 | J une 7 | — | 11 | — | 2 | 7 | |||||
— | 2 | 3 | 7 | „ 14 | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
— | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | „ 21 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||||
2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 26 | ,, 28 | — | 6 | — | — | 5 | |||
3 | 2 | 13 | |||||||||||
„ 13 | 5 | 11 | 9 | ||||||||||
„ 20 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||
,, 27 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||
Aug. 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | ||||||||||
,, 17 | 2 | — | |||||||||||
,, 24 | — | 3 | — | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
„ 31 | 4 | ||||||||||||
3 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||
3 | 5 | — | 5 | ||||||||||
,, 21 | — | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||
3 | 8 | ||||||||||||
3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||
3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | ||||||||||
13 | 6 | 15 | 12 | ||||||||||
99 | 12 | 15 | 28 | 12 | |||||||||
144 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 12 | |||||||||
45 | 111 | 10 | 20 | 13 | |||||||||
71 | 15 | 15 | 19 | ||||||||||
„ 23 | 49 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
„ 30 | 46 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 12 | ||||||||
34 | 13 | 11 | |||||||||||
16 | 6 | 3 | 10 | ||||||||||
9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
,, 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
The figures given in the above two tables are shown graphically in the
attached charts.