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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

Marylebone 1918

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1918

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Table: TABLE II.Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year ending 28th December, 1918.

TABLE II.

Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year ending 28th December, 1918.

Notifiable Disease.Cases notified in whole District.Total cases notified in each locality.Number of cases removed to Hospital from each locality.Cases isolated at home
At allAt ages—years.All SoulsSt. MaryChrist ChurchSt. JohnTotals.All SoulsSt. MaryChrist ChurchSt. JohnTotals
Under 11 to 55 to 1515to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and upwards
Smallpox.........................................................
Cholera Diphtheria, including.........................................................
Membranous Croup1578416921162...27227335157262070341507
Erysipelas5111751219611927451......1...150
Scarlet Fever80...1547126......1711439801610408746
Poliomyelitis3...12............1...2...31.........12
Enteric Fever9......144......42129221163
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2828..................11312228...1......127
Puerperal Fever6............6.........4...26...............6
Chicken Pox587152466......11132410582...2...454
Cerebro-Spinal Fever Tuberculosis4......01...1...2...2...42...2...4...
Pulmonary318...530531546610886610955318232623577241
Non-Pulmonary43...519892...1351213432133934
Measles5172220021047353...757924411951716511638479
German Measles16611376432211...14338138166351...9157
Measles (Notified by Parents and Guardians)9032146911......1114382790565...1674
Totals15308034152119828094162752716683161530987615957390 1140 1530