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London County Council 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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COUNTY OF LONDON.—Notifiable infectious diseases.—Notifications per 1,000 of population.
| Period | Anthrax | Cerebro-spinal fever | Continued fever | Diphtheria | Dysentery | Encephalitis lethargica | Enteric fever | Erysipelas | Malaria | Ophthalmia neonatorum (per 1,000 births) | Pneumonia 1 | Polioencephalitis | Poliomyelitis | Puerperal fever (per 1,000 births) | Puerperal pyrexia (per 1,000 births) | Scarlet fever | Smallpox | Typhus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891-95 | ... | ... | .00 | 2.4 | ... | ... | .78 | 1.54 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.17 | ... | 5.3 | .26 | .00 |
| 1896-1900 | ... | ... | .00 | 2.9 | ... | ... | .82 | 1.24 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.03 | ... | 4.4 | .02 | .00 |
| 1901-05 | ... | ... | .00 | 1.9 | ... | ... | .52 | 1.08 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.10 | ... | 3.6 | .46 | .00 |
| 1906-10 | ... | ... | .00 | 1.6 | ... | ... | .28 | .97 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.27 | ... | 4.2 | .00 | .00 |
| 1911-15 | .00 | .05 | .00 | 1.8 | ... | ... | .17 | .98 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.11 | ... | 3.6 | .00 | .00 |
| 1916-20 | .00 | .07 | .00 | 2.3 | ... | .09 | .60 | ... | 8.95 | ... | ... | .02 | 3.00 | ... | 2.7 | .00 | .00 | |
| 1921-25 | .00 | .02 | .00 | 2.86 | .00 | 05 | .08 | .43 | 03 | 9.05 | 1.24 | .00 | .01 | 3.59 | ... | 3.69 | .00 | .00 |
| 1926-30 | .00 | .02 | .00 | 2.81 | .01 | .03 | .08 | .47 | .01 | 9.89 | 1.46 | .00 | .01 | 4.10 | ... | 3.28 | .33 | .00 |
| 1921 | .00 | .02 | .00 | 3.62 | .01 | .05 | .07 | .47 | .05 | 10.81 | .96 | .00 | .01 | 3.55 | ... | 7.27 | .00 | .00 |
| 1922 | .00 | .02 | .00 | 3.38 | .01 | .01 | .06 | .43 | .03 | 917 | 1.56 | .00 | .01 | 3.28 | ... | 3.81 | .02 | .00 |
| 1923 | .00 | .01 | .00 | 2.26 | .00 | .02 | .07 | .40 | .02 | 8.33 | 104 | .00 | .02 | 3.84 | ... | 2.21 | .00 | — |
| 1924 | .00 | .02 | .00 | 2.30 | .00 | .13 | .09 | .41 | .02 | 8.36 | 1.47 | .00 | .02 | 3.43 | ... | 2.50 | .00 | — |
| 1925 | .00 | .02 | .00 | 2.72 | .00 | .06 | .09 | .42 | .01 | 8.58 | 1.18 | .00 | .01 | 3.83 | ... | 2.66 | .00 | — |
| 1926 | .00 | .02 | .00 | 2.95 | .00 | .05 | .07 | .39 | .01 | 8.97 | 1.22 | .00 | .02 | 4.24 | ... | 2.68 | .00 | — |
| 1927 | .00 | .02 | .00 | 2.69 | .01 | .03 | .07 | .43 | .01 | 11.11 | 1.49 | .00 | .02 | 3.57 | 12.21 | 2.91 | .00 | — |
| 1928 | .00 | .02 | .00 | 2.74 | .01 | .02 | .13 | .48 | .02 | 10.19 | 1.38 | .00 | .01 | 4.09 | 10.67 | 3.45 | .07 | .00 |
| 1929 | .00 | .03 | .00 | 2.68 | .01 | .02 | .08 | .49 | .01 | 10.42 | 1.98 | .00 | .01 | 4.46 | 10.84 | 3.60 | .43 | — |
| 1930 | .00 | .02 | .00 | 3.01 | .01 | .01 | .07 | .54 | .01 | 8.74 | 1.24 | .00 | .01 | 4.15 | 10.48 | 3.74 | 115 | .00 |
| 1931 | .00 | .04 | .00 | 1.93 | .01 | .01 | .04 | .53 | .01 | 9.60 | 1.58 | .00 | .01 | 4.44 | 12.64 | 2.76 | .33 | — |