Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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appendix: sickness—cases reported. vaccination returns.
TABLE Y. Sickness: Cases Reported. Borough.
1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smallpox | ... | ... | ... | 1* | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Diphtheria | 244 | 293 | 286 | 266 | 207 | 227 | 254 | 255 | 461 | 442 | |
Membranous Croup | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
Erysipelas | 117 | 112 | 141 | 137 | 104 | 66 | 56 | 76 | 81 | 83 | |
Fevers.Fevers. | Scarlet | 272 | 484 | 738 | 436 | 272 | 124 | 150 | 261 | 501 | 827 |
Enteric | 15 | 25 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 13 | |
Continued | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Puerperal | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 16 | |
Cerebro-spinal | 7 | ... | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
Posterior Basic Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 31 | 22 | 51 | 31 | 20 | 27 | 22 | 30 | 29 | 34 | |
Dysentery | 3(a) | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Encephalitis Lethargica | 3(a) | 2 | 7 | ||||||||
Malaria | 64(a) | 24 | 7 | ||||||||
Pneumonia, Influenzal | 87(a) | 45 | 27 | ||||||||
Pneumonia, Primary | 83(a) | 96 | 105 | ||||||||
Trench Fever | 1(a) | ... | ... | ||||||||
Tuberculosis—Total | 835 | 664 | 545 | 590 | 526 | 502 | 451 | 391 | 383 | 335 | |
Pulmonary | 835 | 492 | 397 | 426 | 388 | 355 | 325 | 284 | 277 | 244 | |
Other Forms | 172(a) | 148 | 164 | 138 | 147 | 126 | 107 | 106 | 91 | ||
Measles†—Total | 1398 | 1240 | 424 | 3721 | 746 | 4245 | 1519 | 1890 | 2034 | 205 | |
Reported | 1398 | 1240 | 111 | 801 | 200 | 1544 | 515 | 632 | 607 | 42 | |
Notified | 313(a) | 2920 | 546 | 2701 | 1004 | 1258 | 1427 | 163 | |||
Chickenpox— Total | 459 | 599 | 555 | 644 | 468 | 406 | 813 | 261 | 568 | 253 | |
Reported | 459 | 399 | 555 | 560 | 468 | 406 | 606 | 261 | 568 | 253 | |
Notified | 84(b) | 207(b) | |||||||||
Whooping Cough ‡ | 377 | 644 | 558 | 365 | 540 | 325 | 691 | 160 | 357 | 613 | |
Mumps‡ | 341 | 203 | 247 | 167 | 180 | 200 | 680 | 150 | 154 | 494 | |
Ringworm‡ | 267 | 148 | 196 | 125 | 152 | 117 | 111 | 189 | 204 | 122 |
* Error. † Measles (morbilli) and German Measles (rubeola). ‡Reported, i.e., not notified.
(a) First year of notification. (b) Notified during part of year only.
TABLE VI. Vaccination Returns.
Children Born. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible to Vaccination. | Died Unvaccinated. | Per cent. of Children Born (Cols. 1.4) | Vaccination Postponed. | Exempted under Act. | "Rest." | Per cent. of Children Born (Cols. 6.8) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cols. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
1909 | 2,920 | 2,242 | 11 | 207 | 84.2 | 27 | 243 | 190 | 15.7 |
1910 | 2,916 | 2,093 | 6 | 232 | 79.9 | 26 | 356 | 203 | 20.1 |
1911 | 2,821 | 2,014 | 10 | 228 | 79.8 | 31 | 367 | 171 | 20.2 |
1912 | 2,808 | 1,990 | 5 | 185 | 77.6 | 34 | 388 | 206 | 22.4 |
1913 | 2,794 | 1,903 | 3 | 197 | 75.2 | 40 | 445 | 206 | |
1914 | 2,715 | 1,744 | 11 | 182 | 71.3 | 30 | 551 | 197 | 28.7 |
1915 | 2,516 | 1,683 | 4 | 163 | 73.5 | 43 | 422 | 201 | 26.5 |
1916 | 2,388 | 1,555 | 9 | 164 | 72.3 | 36 | 444 | 180 | 27.7 |
1917 | 1,843 | 1,152 | 7 | 137 | 70.3 | 38 | 354 | 155 | 29.7 |
1918 | 1,808 | 1,126 | 5 | 143 | 70.5 | 41 | 308 | 185 | 29.5 |
1919 | 2,025 | 1,245 | 7 | 153 | 69.4 | 33 | 413 | 174 | 30.6 |
1920 | 3,196 | 2,106 | 12 | 174 | 71.7 | 23 | 694 | 187 | 28.3 |