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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

St Pancras 1919

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1919

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In the accompanying tables (inset) are shown the number of notifications of
the notifiable infectious diseases received in each week of the year, and also the
corresponding weekly number of deaths from these and certain other diseases.

Table: In the following table the number of notifications are set forth for the past 10 years : —

In the following table the number of notifications are set forth for the past 10 years : —

Diseases.19091910191119121913191419151916191719181919
Small-pox——————————10
Scarlet Fever77468144559556812071009448246332558
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup315262419550440458446424451399348
Typhus Fever———————————
Enteric or Typhoid Fever506166294144363824177
Fever, simple or continued————11—1———
Relapsing Fever———————————
Puerperal Fever15141620111814189513
Erysipelas160186201190210223202120126121134
Cholera—1—————————
Plague———————————
Hydrophobia———————————
Anthrax———————1—1—
Glanders———————————
Cerebrospinal Meningitis61073524023251310
Anterior Poliomyelitis——239389114
Ophthalmia Neonatorum••• •261823343138314039
Chicken-pox• •• •198• •• •• •247••• •401• •
Measles• •• •• •• •• •• •• •1855368121441034
German Measles• •• •• •• •• •• •• •381609311268
Encephalitis Lethargica• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •3
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •213
Acute Primary Pneumonia• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •86
Malaria• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •98
Dysentery• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •6
Trench Fever• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •1
Tuberculosis—
Pulmonary936872146417359288939337358251034799
Other Forms230121150138169203206