Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1934
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEARS 1925-1934.
Notifiable Disease. | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | – | – | – | 1 | 46 | 47 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 7 |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 535 | 714 | 481 | 603 | 463 | 462 | 263 | 263 | 386 | 372 |
Erysipelas | 35 | 30 | 25 | 43 | 45 | 41 | 49 | 49 | 68 | 73 |
Scarlet Fever | 353 | 426 | 601 | 493 | 584 | 507 | 310 | 446 | 640 | 597 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
Acute Polio-Myelitis and Acute PolioEncephalitis | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 15 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 6 |
Anthrax | 3 | 4 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
Enteric Fever | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Puerperal Fever | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | – | 11 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 37 | 27 | 24 | 13 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
Dysentery | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
Malaria | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | |
Malaria (induced) Pneumonia (Acute Primary and Acute | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Influenzal) | 119 | 113 | 126 | 53 | 110 | 119 | 167 | 102 | 136 | 121 |
Tuberculosis:— Respiratory System | 245 | 206 | 231 | 184 | 194 | 208 | 175 | 177 | 182 | 141 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 76 | 59 | 65 | 54 | 40 | 46 | 40 | 35 | 34 | 32 |
Totals | 1,408 | 1,599 | 1,585 | 1,478 | 1,536 | 1,494 | 1,083 | 1,149 | 1,512 | 1,371 |