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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
London County Council 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Infectious Diseases.—Notifications in the County of London during the 52 weeks ended
31st December, 1934.
| Metropolitan boroughs in topographical order. | Anthrax. | Cerebrospinal fever. | Continued fever. | Diphtheria (including membranous croup). | Dysentery. | Encephalitis lethargica. | Enteric fever. | Erysipelas. | Malaria. | Ophthalmia neonatorum. | Pneumonia. | Polio encephalitis. | Poliomyelitis. | Puerporal fever. | Puerperal pvrexia. | Scarlet fever. | Smallpox. | Typhus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paddington | - | 3 | 1 | 244 | 1 | - | 9 | 66 | 1 | 19 | 189 | - | 6 | 12 | 35 | 438 | ||
| Kensington | - | 4 | 383 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 80 | 2 | 10 | 179 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 577 | |||
| Hammersmith ... | - | 6 | 548 | - | 1 | - | 77 | 11 | 156 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 603 | |||||
| Fulham | — | 5 | _ | 471 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 117 | - | 15 | 182 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 688 | ||
| Chelsea | — | 1 | — | 137 | - | - | 3 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 103 | 1 | _ | 3 | 9 | 189 | ||
| Westminster, City of | - | 3 | 1 | 153 | 3 | - | 5 | 57 | 1 | 4 | 48 | - | 3 | 5 | 13 | 343 | ||
| Northern— | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Marylebone | 1 | 104 | 2 | - | 4 | 57 | 1 | 9 | 70 | — | _ | 3 | 11 | 211 | — | |||
| Hampstead | 2 | 131 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 96 | — | 3 | 5 | 21 | 205 | — | |||
| St. Pancras | 4 | 458 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 154 | 9 | 33 | 352 | - | 2 | 14 | 27 | 703 | — | |||
| Islington | 11 | 816 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 193 | - | 61 | 263 | — | 4 | 52 | 66 | 1,089 | 70 | |||
| Stoke Newington | 2 | 84 | - | - | 1 | 32 | - | 3 | 24 | - | 1 | 3 | 17 | 155 | — | |||
| Hackney | - | 5 | - | 607 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 119 | 2 | 21 | 216 | - | 4 | 21 | 80 | 975 | 1 | |
| Central— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Holborn | - | 1 | - | 77 | 2 | - | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 37 | - | _ | 3 | 2 | 112 | - | |
| Finsbury | - | 7 | - | 252 | - | - | 62 | - | 20 | 71 | - | ___ | 2 | 20 | 408 | 6 | ||
| City of London | - | 1 | - | 17 | - | - | - | 8 | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 40 | - | |||
| Eastern— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shorediteh | - | 3 | - | 362 | 5 | - | - | 59 | - | 18 | 60 | - | 3 | 6 | 22 | 409 | 2 | |
| Bethnal Green | - | 3 | - | 369 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 80 | 2 | 12 | 154 | - | 3 | 1 | 12 | 443 | 1 | |
| Stepney | - | 13 | - | 753 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 164 | - | 13 | 313 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 856 | 9 | |
| Poplar | - | 7 | - | 731 | 16 | - | 3 | 83 | 1 | 21 | 536 | - | 4 | 11 | 35 | 623 | 2 | |
| Southern— | ||||||||||||||||||
| South wark | _ | 12 | - | 600 | 2 | - | 98 | 1 | 14 | 181 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 748 | 22 | |||
| Bermondsey | 1 | 2 | - | 372 | 2 | 2 | 73 | - | 6 | 121 | 2 | 13 | 597 | 7 | ||||
| Lambeth | 10 | - | 790 | _ | 2 | 2 | 166 | - | 34 | 333 | _ | 2 | 16 | 76 | 1,346 | 1 | ||
| Battersea | . | 1 | 1 | 612 | - | 2 | 3 | 78 | 2 | 23 | 341 | — | 5 | 11 | 20 | 673 | 1 | |
| Wandsworth | - | 11 | 1 | 599 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 151 | 2 | 36 | 481 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 1,534 | - | |
| Camberwell | 1 | 6 | 501 | 1 | - | 1 | 141 | 1 | 19 | 206 | 3 | 16 | 38 | 896 | 18 | |||
| Deptford | 1 | 3 | 294 | - | 1 | 1 | 56 | - | 22 | 138 | — | 3 | 6 | 15 | 527 | 1 | ||
| Greenwich | 2 | - | 421 | - | - | 2 | 69 | 1 | 10 | 153 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 624 | — | ||
| Lewisham | - | 5 | - | 480 | 1 | 6 | 144 | 1 | 16 | 298 | — | 4 | 12 | 33 | 1,274 | 1 3 | ||
| Woolwich | . | 3 | . | 416 | - | - | 8 | 122 | - | 7 | 264 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 952 | - | |
| Ages 0- | 24 | 208 | 6 | 49 | 467 | 380 | 2 | 4 | 115 | 1 | ||||||||
| „ 1- | _ | 36 | 3,728 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 77 | 2 | 1,168 | 31 | 5,053 | 10 | ||||||
| „ 5- | 15 | 4,575 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 80 | 498 | 4 | 17 | 6,884 | 22 | |||||||
| „ 10- | 13 | 1,571 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 90 | 253 | 1 | 7 | 3,229 | 27 | |||||||
| „ 15- | 11 | 1 | 531 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 109 | 2 | 260 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 37 | 968 | 27 | |||
| „ 20- | 1 | 13 | 465 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 136 | 3 | 307 | 63 | 233 | 737 | 17 | |||||
| „ 25- | 2 | 15 | 448 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 275 | 10 | 571 | 2 | 138 | 384 | 787 | 14 | ||||
| „ 35- | 3 | - | 157 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 390 | 9 | - | 573 | 1 | 39 | 102 | 319 | 9 | |||
| „ 45- | - | 5 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 518 | 3 | - | 562 | - | _ | 1 | 2 | 105 | 6 | |
| ,, 55- | - | 1 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 482 | 1 | - | 470 | - | - | - | - | 33 | 6 | - |
| ,,65- | - | 1 | - | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 259 | - | - | 345 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | - |
| „ 75 + | - | - | 1 | 121 | - | - | 182 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | ||||
| London, 1934 | 3 | 137 | 4 | 11,782 | 58 | 29 | 109 | 2,586 | 30 | 467 | 5,569 | 8 | 66 | 254 | 758 | 18,238 | 144 | |
| London, 1933 | 3 | 216 | 5 | 9,557 | 31 | 22 | 164 | 2,766 | 21 | 527 | 6,299 | 6 | 60 | 255 | 838 | 21,911 | 531 | - |