Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1926
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TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year, 1926.
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Plague | ... | •• | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 430 | 4 | 121 | 209 | 43 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 73 | 125 | 102 | 33 | 15 | 22 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 422 |
Erysipelas | 69 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 34 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 25 |
Scarlet fever | 298 | 2 | 102 | 145 | 26 | 16 | 7 | ... | 55 | 75 | 62 | 20 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 276 |
Typhus fever | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Enteric fever | 30 | ... | 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
Continued fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | .... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal fever | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 8 |
‡Puerperal pyrexia Encephalitis | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 5 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | |
Lethargica | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | |
Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 4 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Polio-myelitis and Polio-encephalitis | 4 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 248 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 64 | 109 | 55 | 7 | 40 | 50 | 46 | 41 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 146 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 69 | 2 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 3 | ... | 10 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | • •• | 38 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 15 | 15 | • • • | ... | • •• | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | • •• | 8 |
Primary Pneumonia | 107 | 3 | 25 | 31 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 42 |
Influenzal Pneumonia | 38 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
Malaria | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
*Enteritis | 97 | 56 | 41 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 38 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | 32 |
Totals | 1442 | 92 | 319 | 445 | 182 | 242 | 128 | 34 | 232 | 403 | 322 | 139 | 74 | 75 | 72 | 92 | 33 | 1056 |
‡ Notifiable since October lit, 1926.
* Notifiable only in children under the age of 5 years.