London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Paddington 1914
Report on the vital statistics and the work of the Public Health Department for the years 1914-18 (inclusive)
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appendix : military cases. 67
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notifications of Infectious Disease- | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | ||||
| Diphtheria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | ||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 2 | |||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | |||
| Total | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Deaths— | |||||
| Enteric Fever | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Influenza | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 |
| Septic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | l | 1 |
| Tubercular Disease | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Syphilis | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Cancer | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Alcoholism | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Heart Disease | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Bronchitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Lobular (Broncho) Pneumonia | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Lobar (Croupous) „ | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Pneumonia | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
| Diarrhœa and Enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Appendicitis | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 |
| Nephritis | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 |
| Suicide | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Accidents and Violence | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Battle Casualties | ... | ... | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| Ill-defined Causes | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| All Other Causes | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 5 |
| All Causes | ... | 7 | 12 | 22 | 33 |
| Non-residents | ... | 1 | 4 | 17 | 18 |
♦These have not been included in the other Tables of this Report.