London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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In the accompanying tables (inset) are shown the number of notifications of the
notifiable infectious diseases received in each week of the year, and also the corresponding
weekly number of deaths from these and certain other diseases.
In the following table the number of notifications are set forth for the past 10 years:—
| Diseases. | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 445 | 598 | 568 | 1207 | 1009 | 448 | 246 | 332 | 558 | 863 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 419 | 550 | 440 | 458 | 446 | 424 | 451 | 399 | 348 | 747 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 66 | 29 | 41 | 44 | 36 | 38 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 18 |
| Fever, simple or continued | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 16 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| Erysipelas | 201 | 190 | 210 | 223 | 202 | 120 | 126 | 121 | 134 | 126 |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hydrophobia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Glanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 23 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 6 |
| Anterior Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 26 | 18 | 23 | 34 | 31 | 38 | 31 | 40 | 39 | 69 |
| Chicken-pox | 198 | .. | .. | .. | 247 | .. | .. | 401 | .. | .. |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1855 | 3681 | 2144 | 1034 | 3093 |
| German Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 381 | 609 | 311 | 268 | 195 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 11 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 213 | 108 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 86 | 142 |
| Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 98 | 58 |
| Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 4 |
| Trench Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | — |
| Tuberculosis— Pulmonary | 1464 | 1735 | 928 | 893 | 933 | 735 | 825 | 1034 | 799 | 684 |
| Other Forms | 230 | 121 | 150 | 138 | 169 | 203 | 206 | 132 |