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London County Council 1954

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(a) Rate per 1,000 total birtk (b)
relate to last 22 weeks only.
Registrar.General has been followed
corrections were not availablt
(f) Rate per 1,000 live births.

Table: Table 10— Notifiable infectious diseast —Annual number of notifications and numbers per 1,000 of population—Administrative County of London, 1934.1954

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Table 10— Notifiable infectious diseast —Annual number of notifications and numbers per 1,000 of population—Administrative County of London, 1934.1954

Year	Anthrax		Continued fever		Diphtheria		Dysentery		Acute Encephalitis		Enteric fever		Erysipelas		Malaria		Measles		Meningococcal infection		Ophthalmia neonatorum		Pneumonia		Poliomyelitis				Puerperal pyrexia		Scabies		Scarlet fever		Smallpox		Typhus		Whooping Cough		Food poisoning
Year	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	Rate
1934	3	0.0007	4	0.0009	11,782	2.79	58	0.014	29	0.007	109	0.026	2,586	0.613	30	0.007	.		137	0.032	467	(f) 8.24	5,569	1.320	74		0.018		758	(a) 12.91			18,238	4.32	144	0.034	—	—
1935 1936	2	0.0005	3 4	0.0007 0.001	9,294 7,030	2.23 1.68	199 304	0.048 0.072	15 12	0.004 0.003	187 255	0.045 0.061	1,868 1,815	0.448 0.432	37 35	0.009 0.008	(b)		105 113	0.025 0.027	382 462	6.87 8.10	3,707 4,141	0.888 0.986	85 38		0.020 0.009		652 635	11.31 10.92			10,954 10,705	2.63 2.55	—	—	—	—	(b)
1937	3	0.0007	6	0.001	7,810	1.91	916	0.224	8	0.002	216	0.053	1,764	0.432	42	0.010			175	0.043	453	8.26	4,798	1.175	108		0.026		793	13.94			8,455	2.07	—	—	—	—	(c) 1,891
1938	4	0.001	1	0.0002	7,611	1.88	1,049	0.259	5	0.001	191	0.047	1,829	0.451	16	0.004	(c) 282	0.28	182	0.045	489	9.00	3,962	0.978	134		0.033		853	15.18	(b)		8,093	2.00	—	—	—	—	(c) 1,891	1.87
1939	3	0.0008	3	0.0008	3,671	0.974	268	0.071	11	0.003	98	0.026	1,388	0.368	17	0.005	1,303	0.35	169	0.045	408	8.07	3,733	0.990	98		0.026		704	13.05	(b)		5,677	1.51	—	—	—	—	10,537	2.80
1940	3	0.001	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	839	0.274	303	7.10	2,688	0.876	20		0.007		472	10.66			2,498	0.81	—	—	—	—	669	0.22
1941	1	0.0004	2	0.0008	2,179	0.921	610	0.258	10	0.004	210	0.089	1,171	0.495	13	0.005	11,039	4.67	706	0.298	185	6.67	2,518	1.064	41		0.017		340	12.06			2,372	1.00	—	—	—	—	7,944	3.36	(b)
1942	1	0.0004	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	341	0.142	210	5.18	2,246	0.936	25		0.010		505	12.06	(d) 9,689		4,416	1.84	2	0.0008	—	—	6,234	2.60
1943	4	0.002	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	231	0.093	233	5.19	3,159	1.267	43		0.017		471	10.20	(d) 9,689	9.18	9,477	3.80	—	—	—	—	6,661	2.67
1944 (e)	—	—	—	—	758	0.308	1,450	0.589	2	0.0008	30	0.012	916	0.372	78	0.032	7,329	2.98	150	0.061	211	4.74	2,292	0.931	17		0.006		399	8.73	16,450	6.70	3,862	1.57	2	0.0008	—	—	7,136	2.90
1945	—	—	1	0.0004	801	0.308	1,867	0.718	3	0.001	28	0.011	818	0.314	93	0.036	23,486	9.03	145	0.056	222	4.88	1,930	0.742	63		0.024		515	11.05	14,753	5.69	4,079	1.57	3	0.001	3	0.001	3,264	1.25
1946	—	—	—	—	747	0.240	845	0.272	6	0.002	44	0.014	844	0.271	.68	0.054	22,846	7.35	184	0.059	268	4.08	2,125	0.683	29		0.009		553	8.19	11,892	3.84	4,402	1.42	2	0.0006	—	—	6,887	2.22
1947	2	0.0006	—	—	451	0.136	309	0.093	7	0.002	48	0.015	742	0.224	47	0.014	17,486	5.28	166	0.050	231	3.24	2,110	0.638	702		0.212		441	6.05	5,304	1.60	4,331	1.31	3	0.001	1	0.0003	9,267	2.80
1948	1	0.0003	1	0.0003	335	0.100	704	0.211	1	0.0003	48	0.014	719	0.215	33	0.010	30,608	9.17	110	0.033	224	3.68	1,891	0.566	141		0.042		460	7.40	2,484	0.74	4,568	1.37	—	—	—	—	10,450	3.13
1949	3	0.0009	—	—	221	0.065	440	0.130	4	0.001	58	0.017	583	0.173	21	0.006	28,816	8.54	76	0.023	186	3.29	1,858	0.550	668		0.198		433	7.51	1,311	0.39	4,945	1.46	3	0.001	—	—	5,754	1.70	630	0.19
																									Paralytic		Non.par.
1950	2	0.0006	_	_	81	0.024	960	0.283	18	0.005	63	0.019	566	0.16?	20	0.006	22,282	6.57	90	0.027	145	2.72	1,691	0.499	Cases 267	Rate 0.079	Cases 163	Rate 0.048	371	6.83 {g) 17.04	823	0.24	4,157	1.23	—	—	—	—	10,875	3.21	863	0.25
1951	1	0.0003	—	—	30	0.009	4,069	1.212	19	0.006	66	0.020	496	0.148	23	0.007	49,148	14.64	108	0.032	93	1.78	2,409	0.717	61	0.018	51	0.015	911	6.83 {g) 17.04	572	0.17	3,705	1.10	—	—	1	0.0003	10,448	3.11	787	0.23
1952	—	—	1	0.0003	18	0.005	1,704	0.507	21	0.006	25	0.007	467	0.139	22	0.007	31,055	9.23	82	0.024	202	3.92	1,908	0.567	204	0.061	105	0.031	1,860	35.38	535	0.16	5,263	1.56	—	—	—	—	5,587	1.66	612	0.18
1953	—	—	1	0.0003	11	0.003	2,639	0.789	18	0.005	45	0.013	408	0.122	89	0.027	27,046	8.09	98	0.029	161	3.16	2,434	0.728	235	0.070	97	0.029	1,712	32.94	527	0.16	3,425	1.02	—	—	—	—	11,027	3.30	1,269	0.38
1954	1	00003	1	0.0003	4	0.001	4,268	1.285	15	0.005	49	0.015	368	0.111	53	0.016	7,445	2.41	86	0.026	112	2.21	1,502	0.452	79	0.024	46	0.013	1,938	37.52	669	0.20	2,444	0.74	—	—	1	0.0003	4,691	1.41	1,060	0.32

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Comparable figures not available for this period. (c) Cases relate to last quarter only—Rates are adjusted on an annual basis, (d) Cases
Rtes are adjusted on an annual basis, (e) In order to preserve uniformity with published national figures the practice of the
in producing this table, namely in taking full account of any known changes in diagnosis after the receipt of the original notification. These
or to 1944. Comparable figures can be obtained by the method given in the footnote to this table in previous annual reports.
(g) For cause of increase since 1950 see page 16.
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Table: Table 10— Notifiable infectious diseast —Annual number of notifications and numbers per 1,000 of population—Administrative County of London, 1934.1954

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