[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of] page 15

Paddington 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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THE PREVALENCE OF DISEASE.
The following diseases are compulsorily notifiable under certain conditions in Paddington:—
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica. Glanders.
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia. Hydrophobia.
Acute Polio-encephalitis. Infective Enteritis or Summer Diarrhoea.
Acute Polio-myelitis. Malaria.
Acute Primary Pneumonia. Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Acute Rheumatism. Plague.
Anthrax. Puerperal Fever.
Cerebro-spinal Fever. Puerperal Pyrexia.
Chicken-pox. Relapsing Fever.
Cholera. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever.
Continued Fever. Smallpox.
Diphtheria or Membranous Croup. Tuberculosis.
Dysentery. Typhoid or Enteric Fever.
Erysipelas. Typhus Fever.
Food Poisoning or Suspected Food Poisoning.

Table: The following table shows the number of cases (excepting tuberculosis), notified during the year, the number admitted to hospital, and the number of deaths:—

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The following table shows the number of cases (excepting tuberculosis), notified during the year, the number admitted to hospital, and the number of deaths:—

Disease.	Total Cases Notified.	Cases Admitted to Hospital.	Total Deaths.
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica	—	—	—
„ Influenzal Pneumonia	67	30	11
„ Primary Pneumonia	116	73	19
„ Polio-encephalitis	1	1	—
„ Polio-myelitis	4	3	—
„ Rheumatism	24	15	1
Anthrax	—	—.	—
Cerebro-spinal Fever	5	5	2
Chicken-pox	239	20	—
Continued Fever	1	1	—
Diphtheria	214	211	5
Dysentery	56	21	—
Erysipelas	56	36	2
Food Poisoning or Suspected Food Poisoning	30	4	—
Infective Enteritis or Summer Diarrhoea	56	32	6
Malaria	3	2	—
Membranous Croup	—	—	—
Ophthalmia Neonatorum	16	13	—
Puerperal Fever	23	22	2
Puerperal Pyrexia	40	37	1
Scarlet Fever	233	216	—
Smallpox	—	—	—
Typhoid or Enteric Fever	11	7	1

Table: The following table summarises the cases of all notifiable diseases notified in the years 1927 1937Analysis of Notification Certificates.(Uncorrected for Errors in Diagnosis.)

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The following table summarises the cases of all notifiable diseases notified in the years 1927 1937

Analysis of Notification Certificates.

(Uncorrected for Errors in Diagnosis.)

	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica	4	1	5	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
„ Influenzal Pneumonia	107	59	135	40	97	66	102	35	33	29	67
„ Primary Pneumonia	183	202	247	168	243	184	157	155	99	92	116
„ Polio-encephalitis	1	1	1	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	1
„ Polio-myelitis	4	3	1	1	2	2	3	6	2	1	4
„ Rheumatism	(a) 34	76	52	43	37	21	37	41	18	29	24
Anthrax	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cerebro-spinal Fever	3	4	6	3	5	9	6	3	7	3	5
Chicken-pox	461	567	382	515	555	291	364	333	365	285	239
Continued Fever	2	10	3	2	4	—	1	1	1	1	1
Diphtheria	367	302	311	366	254	194	277	245	203	215	214
Dysentery	—	—	—	—	2	5	1	1	11	8	56
Erysipelas	90	90	69	74	67	60	66	66	50	50	56
Food Poisoning or Suspected Food
Poisoning	—	—	—	—	—	(a) 11	17	45	63	44	30
German Measles	78	109	1163	86	58	77	(b) 11	—	—	—	—_
Infective Enteritis or Summer Diarrhoea	(a) 6	20	63	30	40	103	67	70	81	71	56
Malaria	2	3	—	1	—	1	1	1	3	5	3
Measles	154	2862	210	1790	541	1414	(6)103	—	—	—	—
Membranous Croup	2	4	6	7	6	6	—	1	2	—	—
Ophthalmia Neonatorum	15	24	9	15	18	22	21	19	11	14	16
Puerperal Fever	7	5	4	5	8	7	12	12	14	13	23
Pyrexia	34	32	42	37	32	31	53	36	27	42	40
Scarlet Fever	320	519	323	356	379	286	396	437	267	261	233
Smallpox	—	5	3	3	—	2	1	—	—	—	—
Tuberculosis—Total	381	321	335	284	311	289	270	284	242	217	262
Pulmonary	212	196	242	196	218	213	203	199	186	163	220
Other Forms	169	125	93	88	93	76	67	85	56	54	42
Typhoid or Enteric Fever	16	25	19	10	9	4	6	9	7	7	11

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(а) First Year of Notification.
(b) Not notifiable after 19th March, 1933.

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Table: The following table shows the number of cases (excepting tuberculosis), notified during the year, the number admitted to hospital, and the number of deaths:—

Table: The following table summarises the cases of all notifiable diseases notified in the years 1927 1937Analysis of Notification Certificates.(Uncorrected for Errors in Diagnosis.)

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