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Holborn 1925

Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health

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

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

1915.1916.1917.1918.1919.1920.1921.1922.1923.1924.Yearly average 1915-1924.
Pneumonia (all forms)48,87437,91639,83259,66638,94937,14934,70840,93033,41338,97040,040
Pulmonary Tuberculosis40,80340,76942,33545,33835,98432,79133,50533,91932,09732,69037,023
Measles16,4455,41310,5389,7873,5347,1902,2415,6945,3164,8347,099
Whooping Cough8,1436,0754,5099,8982,6054,4014,5766,3704,1623,9835,472
Diphtheria5,8655,3664,4774,8034,8885,6484,7724,0752,7222,5014,517
Scarlet Fever2,4061,3817681,0201,2211,4301,3051,3829938881,279
Enteric Fever1,3881,122977950577537613465450496750