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 13—County of London—Notifiable infectious diseases—Annual number of notifications and numbers per 1,000 of population—1931.1946
Year | Anthrax | Cerebrospinal fever | Continued fever | Diphtheria | Dysentery | Encephalitis lethargica | Enteric fever | Erysipelas | Malaria | Measles | Ophthalmia neonatorum | Pneumonia | Polioencephalitis | Poliomyelitis | Puerperal fever | Puerperal pyrexia | Scabies | Scarlet fever | Smallpox | Typhus | Whooping-cough | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rat e | Cases | Rate | |
1931 | 2 | 0.001 | 175 | 0.040 | 3 | 0.001 | 8,384 | 1.90 | 58 | 0.013 | 40 | 0.009 | 186 | 0.042 | 2,294 | 0.521 | 32 | 0.007 | (b) | (b) | 629 | (a) 9.60 | 6,880 | 1.562 | 5 | 0.001 | 51 | 0.012 | 291 | (a) 4.44 | 828 | (a) 12.64 | (b) | (b) | 12,025 | 2.73 | 1,452 | 0.330 | — | — | (b) | (b) |
1932 | 3 | 0.001 | 247 | 0.057 | 4 | 0.001 | 8,087 | 1.87 | 79 | 0.018 | 47 | 0.011 | 195 | 0.045 | 2,230 | 0.515 | 41 | 0.009 | (b) | (b) | 687 | 11.10 | 5,673 | 1.309 | 10 | 0.002 | 79 | 0.018 | 218 | 3.52 | 741 | 11.97 | (b) | (b) | 14,119 | 3.26 | 1,131 | 0.261 | — | — | (b) | (b) |
1933 | 3 | 0.001 | 216 | 0.050 | 5 | 0.001 | 9,557 | 2.23 | 31 | 0.007 | 22 | 0.005 | 164 | 0.038 | 2,766 | 0.645 | 21 | 0.005 | (b) | (b) | 527 | 9.31 | 6,299 | 1.469 | 6 | 0.001 | 60 | 0.014 | 255 | 4.51 | 838 | 14.81 | (b) | (b) | 21,911 | 5.11 | 531 | 0.124 | — | — | (b) | (b) |
1934 | 3 | 0.001 | 137 | 0.032 | 4 | 0.001 | 11,782 | 2.79 | 58 | 0.014 | 29 | 0.007 | 109 | 0.026 | 2,586 | 0.613 | 30 | 0.007 | (b) | (b) | 467 | 8.24 | 5,569 | 1.320 | 8 | 0.002 | 66 | 0.016 | 254 | 4.48 | 758 | 13.37 | (b) | (b) | 18,238 | 4.32 | 144 | 0.034 | — | — | (b) | (b) |
1935 | 2 | 0.0005 | 105 | 0.025 | 3 | 0.001 | 9,294 | 2.23 | 199 | 0.048 | 15 | 0.004 | 187 | 0.045 | 1,868 | 0.448 | 37 | 0.009 | (b) | (b) | 382 | 6.87 | 3,707 | 0.888 | 4 | 0.001 | 81 | 0.019 | 241 | 4.33 | 652 | 11.72 | (b) | (b) | 10,954 | 2.63 | — | — | — | — | (b) | (b) |
1936 | — | 113 | 0.027 | 4 | 0.001 | 7,030 | 1.68 | 304 | 0.072 | 12 | 0.003 | 255 | 0.061 | 1,815 | 0.432 | 35 | 0.008 | (b) | (b) | 462 | 8.10 | 4,141 | 0.986 | 2 | 0.0005 | 36 | 0.009 | 175 | 3.07 | 635 | 11.13 | (b) | (b) | 10,705 | 2.55 | — | — | — | — | (b) | (b) | |
1937 | 3 | 0.001 | 175 | 0.043 | 6 | 0.001 | 7,810 | 1.91 | 916 | 0.224 | 8 | 0.002 | 216 | 0.053 | 1,764 | 0.432 | 42 | 0.010 | ('b) | (b) | 453 | 8.26 | 4,798 | 1.175 | 13 | 0.003 | 95 | 0.023 | 228 | 4.16 | 793 | 14.16 | (b) | (b) | 8,455 | 2.07 | — | — | — | — | (b) | (b) |
1938 | 4 | 0.001 | 182 | 0.045 | 1 | 0.0002 | 7,611 | 1.88 | 1,049 | 0.259 | 5 | 0.001 | 191 | 0.047 | 1,829 | 0.451 | 16 | 0.004 | 282(c) | 0.28 | 489 | 9.00 | 3,962 | 0.978 | 12 | 0.003 | 122 | 0.030 | 199 | 3.66 | 853 | 15.70 | (b) | (b) | 8.093 | 2.00 | — | — | — | — | 1,891 (c) | 1.87 |
1939 | 3 | 0.001 | 169 | 0.045 | 3 | 0 001 | 3,671 | 0.974 | 268 | 0.071 | 11 | 0.003 | 98 | 0.026 | 1,388 | 0.368 | 17 | 0.005 | 1,303 | 0.35 | 408 | 8.07 | 3,733 | 0.990 | 3 | 0.001 | 95 | 0.025 | 163 | 3.22 | 704 | 13.92 | (b) | (b) | 5,677 | 1.51 | — | — | — | — | 10,537 | 2.80 |
1940 | 3 | 0.001 | 839 | 0.274 | 6 | 0.002 | 1,844 | 0.601 | 161 | 0.052 | 8 | 0.003 | 158 | 0.052 | 1,076 | 0.351 | 16 | 0.005 | 5,447 | 1.78 | 303 | 7.10 | 2,688 | 0.876 | 3 | 0.001 | 17 | 0.006 | 155 | 3.63 | 472 | 11.05 | (b) | (b) | 2,498 | 0.81 | — | — | — | — | 669 | 0.218 |
1941 | 1 | 0.0004 | 706 | 0.298 | 2 | 0.001 | 2,179 | 0.921 | 610 | 0.258 | 10 | 0.004 | 210 | 0.089 | 1,171 | 0.495 | 13 | 0.005 | 11,039 | 4.67 | 185 | 6.67 | 2,518 | 1.064 | 5 | 0.002 | 36 | 0.015 | 94 | 3.39 | 340 | 12.26 | (b) | (b) | 2,372 | 1.00 | — | — | — | — | 7,944 | 3.36 |
1942 | 1 | 0.0004 | 341 | 0.142 | 1 | 0 0004 | 1,813 | 0.756 | 749 | 0.312 | 3 | 0.001 | 67 | 0.028 | 1,034 | 0.431 | 16 | 0.007 | 19,987 | 8.33 | 210 | 5.18 | 2,246 | 0.936 | 1 | 0.0004 | 24 | 0.010 | 110 | 2.71 | 505 | 12.46 | (b) | (b) | 4.416 | 1.84 | 2 | 0.001 | — | — | 6,234 | 2.60 |
1943 | 4 | 0.002 | 231 | 0.093 | 1 | 0.0004 | 1,862 | 0.747 | 1,103 | 0.442 | 4 | 0.002 | 47 | 0.019 | 1,054 | 0.423 | 35 | 0.014 | 22,882 | 9.18 | 233 | 5.19 | 3,159 | 1.267 | 3 | 0.001 | 40 | 0.016 | 147 | 3.27 | 471 | 10.49 | 9,689 (d) | 9.18 | 9,477 | 3.80 | — | — | — | — | 6,661 | 2.67 |
1044 | — | — | 195 | 0.079 | 2 | 0.001 | 1,126 | 0.459 | 1,558 | 0.634 | 4 | 0.002 | 38 | 0.015 | 924 | 0.376 | 78 | 0.032 | 7,499 | 3.05 | 211 | 4.76 | 2,252 | 0.917 | 2 | 0.001 | 18 | 0.007 | 172 | 3.88 | 387 | 8.73 | 16,450 | 6.70 | 4,153 | 1.69 | 2 | 0.001 | — | — | 7,144 | 2.91 |
1945 | — | — | 185 | 0.071 | 2 | 0.001 | 1,273 | 0.491 | 2,082 | 0.803 | 7 | 0.003 | 45 | 0.017 | 846 | 0.326 | 93 | 0.036 | 23,518 | 9.07 | 224 | 4.93 | 1,992 | 0.768 | — | — | 70 | 0.027 | 188 | 4.14 | 472 | 10.40 | 14,753 | 5.69 | 4,252 | 1.64 | 4 | 0.002 | 4 | 0.002 | 3,307 | 1.28 |
1946 | — | — | 252 | 0.081 | 1 | 0.0003 | 1,264 | 0.408 | 899 | 0.290 | 11 | 0.004 | 61 | 0.020 | 864 | 0.279 | 168 | 0.054 | 22.517 | 7.26 | 267 | 4.06 | 2.313 | 0.746 | 3 | 0.001 | 36 | 0.012 | 137 | 2.09 | 519 | 7.90 | 11.892 | 3.84 | 4,595 | 1.48 | 2 | 0.001 | — | — | 6,818 | 2.20 |
(a) Rate per 1,000 live births. (b) Comparable figures not available for this period.
(c) Cases relate to last quarter only — Rates are adjusted on an annual basis.
(d) Cases relate to last 22 weeks only — Rates are adjusted on an annual basis.