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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Table 39—County of London—Notifications of infectious disease during the 52 weeks ended 1st January, 1938
Metropolitan boroughs (in topographical order) | Anthrax | Cerebrospinal fever | Continued fever | Diphtheria (including membranous croup) | Dysentery | Encephalitis Iethargica | Enteric fever | Erysipelas | Malaria | Ophthalmia neonatorum | Fneumonia | .Polioencephalitis | Polio-myelitis | Puerporul fever | Puerperal pvroxia | Scarlet fever | Smallpox | Typhus |
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Paddington | — | 5 | 1 | 217 | 56 | —- | 11 | 57 | 3 | 16 | 180 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 40 | 234 | — | — |
Kensington | — | 3 | _ | 215 | 68 | — | 14 | 72 | 3 | 8 | 217 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 251 | — | — |
Hammersmith | — | 5 | —- | 176 | 27 | — | 2 | 50 | 2 | 13 | 86 | — | 2 | 9 | 36 | 331 | — | — |
Fulham | — | 12 | — | 206 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 63 | 1 | 18 | 171 | — | 3 | 2 | 26 | 318 | — | — |
Chelsea | — | 1 | — | 73 | 5 | — | 3 | 17 | — | 5 | 66 | — | — | 1 | 7 | 93 | — | — |
Westminster, City of | — | 6 | — | 123 | 26 | — | 16 | 38 | 1 | 9 | 28 | — | 1 | 2 | 27 | 219 | — | — |
St. Marylebone | _ | 3 | _ | 108 | 5 | _ | 7 | 45 | 1 | 10 | 61 | _ | 2 | 9 | 19 | 118 | — | _ |
Hampstead | — | 4 | — | 104 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 22 | 88 | — | 2 | 2 | 19 | 188 | — | — |
St. Pancras | — | 5 | 1 | 614 | 61 | — | 10 | 64 | 1 | 26 | 223 | — | 8 | 14 | 27 | 364 | — | — |
Islington | 1 | 10 | 1 | 623 | 39 | 1 | 11 | 150 | — | 34 | 214 | — | 1 | 16 | 73 | 723 | — | — |
Stoke Newington | _ | 2 | _ | 44 | 12 | _ | J | 28 | _ | 2 | 50 | — | 1 | 11 | 17 | 90 | _ | _ |
Hackney | — | 9 | — | 308 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 110 | 1 | 27 | 194 | — | 5 | 22 | 71 | 419 | — | — |
Holborn | _ | — | _ | 73 | 12 | _ | _ | 11 | 3 | 3 | 37 | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 37 | _ | — |
Finsbury | — | 3 | _ | 142 | 19 | — | 25 | 1 | 11 | 93 | — | _ | 2 | 16 | 132 | — | — | |
City of London | — | — | —- | 6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | —- | — | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | 12 | — | — |
Shoreditch | _ | 5 | — | 169 | 58 | 1 | 8 | 55 | 1 | 15 | 90 | — | 1 | 3 | 21 | 215 | — | — |
Bethnal Green | — | 6 | — | 222 | 52 | — | 3 | 72 | — | 14 | 99 | — | 4 | 6 | 16 | 304 | — | — |
Stepney | — | 9 | — | 639 | 28 | — | 5 | 118 | — | 14 | 278 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 377 | — | — |
Poplar | 1 | 5 | 2 | 571 | 30 | 1 | 12 | 93 | 3 | 5 | 331 | — | 5 | 5 | 31 | 351 | — | — |
South wark | _ | 8 | _ | 364 | 24 | _ | 5 | 55 | _ | 29 | 165 | _ | 3 | 8 | 15 | 308 | — | — |
Bermondsey | 1 | 10 | — | 167 | 43 | _ | 5 | 28 | _ | 1 | 170 | _ | 1 | 1 | 13 | 167 | — | — |
Lambeth | — | 8 | — | 506 | 19 | — | 10 | 111 | 6 | 54 | 281 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 50 | 527 | — | — |
Battersea | — | 10 | — | 313 | 9 | — | 5 | 83 | 3 | 12 | 289 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 278 | — | — |
Wandsworth ... | _ | 9 | _ | 413 | 32 | _ | 17 | 111 | 7 | 25 | 473 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 634 | — | — |
Camberwell | _ | 14 | 1 | 344 | 20 | _ | 7 | 78 | 2 | 16 | 151 | __ | 3 | 15 | 24 | 422 | — | — |
Deptford | _ | 1 | — | 159 | 20 | _ | 7 | 30 | _ | 5 | 120 | _ | 5 | 4 | 23 | 171 | — | — |
Greenwich | _ | 6 | _ | 307 | 20 | _ | 11 | 34 | _ | 12 | 123 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 183 | — | — |
Lewisham | — | 7 | — | 283 | 87 | 2 | 18 | 70 | 2 | 16 | 252 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 589 | — | — |
Woolwich | — | 9 | — | 321 | 76 | — | 17 | 70 | —- | 31 | 263 | — | 4 | 10 | 24 | 400 | — | — |
Ages 0- | 44 | — | 168 | 63 | — | 4 | 42 | 1 | 453 | 287 | — | 3 | — | — | 76 | — | — | |
„ 1- | _ | 43 | _ | 2,313 | 321 | _ | 12 | 44 | — | — | 781 | 4 | 36 | — | — | 2,459 | — | — |
„ 5- | — | 16 | — | 3,153 | 171 | 1 | 28 | 47 | — | — | 363 | 7 | 30 | — | — | 3,350 | — | — |
„ 10- | — | 5 | — | 958 | 47 | 2 | 23 | 59 | — | — | 161 | 2 | 11 | — | 1 | 1,194 | — | — |
„ 15- | — | 17 | 1 | 389 | 48 | —- | 34 | 77 | 2 | — | 211 | — | 9 | 7 | 46 | 456 | — | — |
„ 20- | 1 | 17 | 1 | 334 | 60 | — | 22 | 79 | 1 | — | 249 | _ | 3 | 62 | 230 | 330 | — | — |
„ 25- | — | 15 | — | 320 | 70 | 1 | 43 | 175 | 10 | _ | 486 | — | 2 | 120 | 417 | 396 | — | —- |
„ 35- | 1 | 8 | 1 | 117 | 37 | 2 | 15 | 253 | 13 | — | 496 | — | 1 | 39 | 98 | 115 | — | — |
„ 45- | — | 7 | 2 | 40 | 36 | 2 | 23 | 351 | 9 | — | 560 | _ | — | — | 1 | 59 | — | _ |
„ 55- | _ | 2 | 1 | 15 | 34 | _ | 5 | 355 | 6 | _— | 588 | _ | _ | — | _ | 14 | — | — |
„ 65- | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | — | 4 | 191 | — | — | 353 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | ||
„ 75 + | — | — | — | 1 | 14 | — | 3 | 91 | — | — | 263 | — | — | — | - | 1 | — | — |
Total, 1937 | 3 | 175 | 6 | 7,810 | 916 | 8 | 216 | 1,764 | 42 | 453 | 4,798 | 13 | 95 | 228 | 793 | 8,455 | — | — |
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