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 London County Council]
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County of London.—Notifiable infectious diseases.—Notifications per 1,000 of
population.
Period | Annual ratea per 1,000 living. | |||||||||||||||||
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Anthrax | Cerebrospinal fever | Continued fever | Diphtheria | Dysentery | Encephalitis lethargica | Enteric fever | Erysipelas | Malaria | Ophthalmia neonatorum (per 1,000 births) | Pneumonia | Polioencephalitis | Poliomyelitis | Puerperal fever (per 1,000 births) | Puerperal pyrexia (per 1,000 births) | Scarlet fever | Smallpox | Typhus | |
1891-95 | (a) | (a) | .00 | 2.4 | (a) | (a) | .78 | 1.54 | (a) | (a) | 2.17 | (a) | 5.3 | .26 | .00 | |||
1896-1900 | (a) | (a) | .00 | 2.9 | (a) | .82 | 1.24 | (a) | (o) | 2.03 | 4.4 | .02 | .00 | |||||
1901-05 | (a) | .00 | 1.9 | (°) | () | .52 | 1.08 | («) | (a) | (a) | (a) | 2.10 | (a) | 3.6 | .46 | .00 | ||
1906-10 | (a) | .00 | 1.6 | (a) | .28 | .97 | (a) | (a) | (a) | 2.27 | 4.2 | .00 | .00 | |||||
1911-15 | .00 | .05 | .00 | 1.8 | (a) | (o) | .17 | .98 | (a) | (a) | (a) | 3.11 | 3.6 | .00 | .00 | |||
1916-20 | .00 | .07 | .00 | 2.3 | (a) | .09 | .60 | (a) | 8.95 | .02 | 3.00 | (a) | 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 | (a) | 7.27 | .00 | .00 |
1922 | .00 | .02 | .00 | 3.38 | .01 | .01 | .06 | .43 | .03 | 9.17 | 1.56 | .00 | .01 | 3.28 | (a) | 3.81 | .02 | .00 |
1923 | .00 | .01 | .00 | 2.26 | .00 | .02 | .07 | .40 | .02 | 8.33 | 1.04 | .00 | .02 | 3.84 | (a) | 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 | (a) | 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 | 409 | 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 | 10.4 | 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 | 1.15 | .00 |
1931 | .00 | .04 | .00 | 1.90 | .01 | .01 | .04 | .52 | .01 | 9.60 | 1.56 | .00 | .01 | 4.44 | 12.64 | 2.72 | .33 | - |
1932 | .00 | .06 | .00 | 1.86 | .02 | .01 | .04 | .51 | .01 | 11.07 | 1.31 | .00 | .02 | 3.51 | 11.94 | 3.25 | .26 | |
1933 | 00 | .05 | .00 | 223 | .01 | .01 | 04 | .65 | .00 | 9.31 | 1.47 | .00 | .01 | 4.51 | 14.81 | 5.11 | .12 | |
1934 | .00 | .03 | .00 | 2.79 | .01 | .01 | .03 | .61 | .01 | 8.24 | 1.32 | .00 | .02 | 4.48 | 13.37 | 4.32 | .03 | — |
(a) Comparable figures are not available for this period. |