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Holborn 1926

Report for the year 1926 of the Medical Officer of Health

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51
PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The relative importance of the commoner infectious diseases as regards numbsrs
of deaths caused is shown by the following table:—

Table: ENGLAND AND WALES.Common Infectious Diseases.Deaths at all Ages.

ENGLAND AND WALES.

Common Infectious Diseases.

Deaths at all Ages.

1916.1917.1918.1919.1920.1921.1922.1923.1924.1925.Y early average 1916-1925.
Pneumonia (all forms)37,91639,83259,66638,94937,14934,70840,93033,41338,97036,99039,851
Pulmonary Tuberculosis40,76942,33545,33835,98432,79133,50533,91932,09732,69032,38236,181
Measles5,41310,5389,7873,5347,1902,2415,6945,3164,8345,3376,698
Whooping Cough6,0754,5099,8982,6054,4014,5766,3704,1623,9836,0585,810
Diphtheria5,3664,4774,8034,8885,6484,7724,0752,7222,5012,7744,654
Scarlet Fever1,3817681,0201,2211,4301,3051,3829938889881,265
Enteric Fever1,122977950577537613465450496388732