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London County Council 1938

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Table: Table 30—County of London—Notifiable infectious diseases—Notifications per1,000ofpopulation

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Period	Annual rates per 1,000 living
Period	Anthrax	Cerebrospinal fever	Continued fever	Diphtheria	Dysentery	Encephalitis lethargica	Enteric fevers	Erysipelas	Malaria	Ophthalmia neonatorum (per 1,000 live births)	Acute primary and influenzal pneumonia	Polio. encephalitis	Poliomyelitis	Puerperal fever (per 1,000 live births)	Puerperal pyrexia (per 1,000 live births)	Scarlet fever	Smallpox	Typhus
1891-95	(a)	(a)	.00	2.4	(a)	(a)	.78	1.54	(a)	(a)	(a)	(a)	(a)	2.17	(a)	5.3	.26	.00
1896-1900	(a)	(a)	.00	2.9	(a)	(a)	.82	1.24	(a)	(a)	(a)	(a)	(a)	2.03	(a)	4.4	.02	.00
1901-05	(a)	(a)	.00	1.9	(a)	(a)	.52	1-08	(a)	(a)	(a)	(a)	(a)	2.10	(a)	3.6	.46	.00
1906-10	(a)	(a)	.00	1.6	(a)	(a)	.28	.97	(a)	(a)	(a)	(a)	(a)	2.27	(a)	4.2	.00	.00
1911-15	.00	.05	.00	1.8	(a)	(a)	.17	.98	(a)	(a)	(a)	(a)	(a)	3.11	(a)	3.6	.00	.00
1916-20	.00	.07	.00	2.3	(a)	(a)	.09	.60	(a)	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	—
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	—	—
1938	.00	.04	.00	1.88	.26	.00	.05	.45	.00	9.00	0.98	.00	.03	3.66	15.70	2.00	—	—

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(a) Comparable figures are not available for this period.
Measles and whooping-cough were made notifiable in the administrative
County of London from 1st October, 1938. The equivalent annual notification
rates per 1,000 of the population based on the last quarter of 1938 were: measles
0.28 and whooping-cough 1.87.

Table: Table31—County of London—Annual number of notifications of infectious disease,1929-38

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Table31—County of London—Annual number of notifications of infectious disease,1929-38

Year (52 or 53 weeks)	Anthrax	Cerebro-spinal fever	Continued fever	Diphtheria	Dysentery	Encephalitis lethargica	Enteric fevers	Erysipelas	Malaria	Ophthalmia neonatorum	Acute primary and influenzal pneumonia	Polioencephalitis	Poliomyelitis	Puerperal fever	Puerperal pyrexia	Scarlet fever	Smallpox	Typhus
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	2	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	—	—
1937	3	175	6	7,810	916	8	216	1,764	42	453	4,798	13	95	228	793	8,455	—	—
1938	4	182	1	7,611	1,049	5	191	1,829	16	489	3,962	12	122	199	853	8,093	—	—
* 53 weeks.

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The number of notifications of measles from 1st October, 1938, was 282, and of
whooping-cough 1,891.

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Table: Table 30—County of London—Notifiable infectious diseases—Notifications per1,000ofpopulation

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Table: Table31—County of London—Annual number of notifications of infectious disease,1929-38

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