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London County Council 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 37—County of London—Notifiable infectious diseases—Notifications per 1,000 of
| Period | Anthrax | Cerebro.spinal fever | Continued fever | Diphtheria | Dysentery | Encephalitis Iethargica | Enteric fever | Erysipelas | Malaria | Ophthalmia neonatorum (per 1,000 live births) | Pneumonia | Polioencephalitis | Poliomyelitis | jfuerpenii lever (per 1,000 live births) | Puerperal pyrexia (per 1,000 live births) | Scarlet fever | Smallpox | Typhus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891-95 | (a) | 00 | 2.4 | .78 | 1.54 | (a) | (a) | (a) | (a) | (a) | 2.17 | (a) | 5.3 | .26 | .00 | |||
| 1896-1900 | (a) | .00 | 2.9 | (a) | .82 | 1.24 | (a) | (a) | (a) | (a) | 2.03 | (a) | 4.4 | .02 | .00 | |||
| 1901-05 | (a) | .00 | 1.9 | (a) | .52 | 1.08 | (a) | (a) | 2.10 | (a) | 3.6 | .46 | .00 | |||||
| 1906-10 | (a) | (a) | .00 | 1.6 | .28 | .97 | (a) | (a) | (a) | (a) | 2.27 | (a) | 4.2 | .00 | .00 | |||
| 1911-15 | 00 | .05 | .00 | 1.8 | .17 | .98 | (a) | (a) | (a) | (a) | 3.11 | (a) | 3.6 | .00 | .00 | |||
| 1916-20 | .00 | .07 | .00 | 2.3 | (a) | .09 | .60 | 8.95 | (a) | (a) | .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 | (a) | 3.69 | .00 | .00 |
| 1926-30 | .00 | .02 | .00 | 2.81 | .01 | .03 | .08 | .47 | .01 | 9.89 | 1.46 | .00 | .01 | 4.10 | (a) | 3.28 | .33 | .00 |
| 1931-35 | .00 | .04 | .00 | 2.20 | .02 | .01 | .04 | .55 | .01 | 9.02 | 1.31 | .00 | .02 | 4.25 | 12.90 | 3.60 | .15 | — |
| 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 | (a) | 2.50 | .00 | — |
| 1925 | .00 | .02 | .00 | 2.72 | .00 | .06 | .09 | .42 | .01 | 8.58 | 1.18 | .00 | .01 | 3.83 | (a) | 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 | 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 | 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 | 2.23 | .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 | — |
| 1915 | .00 | .03 | .00 | 2.23 | .05 | .00 | .04 | .45 | .01 | 6.87 | 0.89 | .00 | .02 | 4.33 | 1172 | 2.62 | — | — |
| 1936 | — | .03 | .00 | 1.67 | .07 | .00 | .06 | .43 | .01 | 8.10 | 0.99 | .00 | .01 | 3.07 | 11.13 | 2.55 | — | — |
| 1937 | .00 | .04 | .00 | 1.91 | .22 | ..00 | .05 | .43 | .01 | 8.26 | 1.18 | .00 | .02 | 4.16 | 14.45 | 2.07 | — | — |
(a) Comparable figures are not available for this period.
Table 38—County of London—Annual number of notifications of infectious disease, 1926-37
| Year | Anthrax | Cerebro-spinal fever | Continued fever | Diphtheria | Dysentery | Encephalitis Iethargica | Enteric fever | Erysipelas | Malaria | Ophthalmia neonatorum | Pneumonia | Polioencephalitis | Poliomyelitis | Puerperal fever | Puerperal pyrexia | Scarlet fever | Smallpox | Typhus |
| 1926 | 8 | 83 | 4 | 13,526 | 13 | 224 | 302 | 1,799 | 52 | 705 | 5,589 | 10 | 85 | 333 | 293 | 12,293 | 5 | |
| 1927 | 5 | 93 | 2 | 12,183 | 24 | 142 | 322 | 1,929 | 65 | 812 | 6,733 | 7 | 79 | 261 | 892 | 13,178 | 5 | — |
| 1928 | 3 | 70 | 17 | 12,155 | 39 | 100 | 580 | 2,146 | 73 | 733 | 0,118 | 9 | 45 | •294 | 768 | 15,297 | 295 | 2 |
| 1929 | 5 | 121 | 8 | 11,788 | 56 | 92 | 351 | 2,158 | 38 | 728 | 8,717 | 4 | 62 | 312 | 758 | 15,855 | 1,908 | — |
| 1930 | 1 | 88 | 6 | 13,411 | 40 | 60 | 291 | 2,387 | 29 | 617 | 5,531 | 8 | 29 | 293 | 740 | 16,699 | 5,149 | 2 |
| 1931 | o | 175 | 3 | 8,384 | 58 | 40 | 186 | 2,294 | 32 | 629 | 6,880 | 5 | 51 | 291 | 828 | 12,025 | 1,452 | — |
| 1932 | 3 | 247 | 4 | 8,087 | 79 | 47 | 195 | 2,230 | 41 | 687 | 5,673 | 10 | 79 | 218 | 741 | 14,119 | 1,131 | _ |
| 1933 | 3 | 216 | 5 | 9,557 | 31 | 22 | 164 | 2,766 | 21 | 527 | 6,299 | 6 | 60 | 255 | 838 | 21,911 | 531 | |
| 1934 | 3 | 137 | 4 | 11,782 | 58 | 29 | 109 | 2,586 | 30 | 467 | 5,569 | 8 | 66 | 254 | 758 | 18,238 | 144 | — |
| 1935 | 2 | 105 | 3 | 9,294 | 199 | 15 | 187 | 1,868 | 37 | 382 | 3,707 | 4 | 81 | 241 | 652 | 10,954 | - | _ |
| 1936 | — | 113 | 4 | 7,030 | 304 | 12 | 255 | 1,815 | 35 | 462 | 4,141 | 2 | 36 | 175 | 635 | 10,705 | j - | — |
| 1937 | 3 | 175 | 6 | 7,810 | 916 | 8 | 210 | 1,764 | 42 | 453 | 4,798 | 13 | 95 | 228 | 793 | 8,455 | | — |