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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T able V.5—
Year | Anthrax | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rale | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Paralytic | Non.par. | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | |||
Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1951 | 1 | 0 0003 | 30 | 0 .009 | 4,069 | 1.212 | 19 | 0 006 | 66 | 0020 | 496 | 0.148 | 23 | 0 007 | 49,148 | 14.64 | 108 | 0.032 | 93 | (b) 1.56 | 2,409 | 0.717 | 61 | 0.018 | 51 | 0.015 | 911 | 572 | 0.17 | 3,705 | 1.10 | _ | _ | 1 | 0.0003 | 10,448 | 3.11 | 787 | 0.23 | |
1952 | — | — | 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 | 3.36 | 1,908 | 0.567 | 204 | 0.061 | 105 | 0.031 | 1,860 | 30.38 | 535 | 0.16 | 5,263 | 1 56 | — | — | — | — | 5,587 | 1 66 | 612 | 0.18 |
1953 | — | — | 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 | 2.76 | 2,434 | 0.728 | 235 | 0.070 | 97 | 0.029 | 1,712 | 28.72 | 527 | 0.16 | 3,425 | 1.02 | — | — | — | — | 11,027 | 3.30 | 1,269 | 0.38 |
1954 | 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 | 1.92 | 1,502 | 0.452 | 79 | 0.024 | 46 | 0.013 | 1,938 | 32.51 | 669 | 0.20 | 2,444 | 0.74 | — | — | 1 | 0.0003 | 4,691 | 1.41 | 1,060 | 0.32 |
1955 | — | — | 16 | 0 .005 | 3,019 | 0.916 | 20 | 0 006 | 111 | 0.034 | 361 | 0.110 | 40 | 0.012 | 49,110 | 14.90 | 98 | 0.030 | 106 | 1 85 | 1,903 | 0.578 | 512 | 0.155 | 448 | 0.136 | 1,984 | 33.92 | 660 | 0.20 | 2,070 | 0.63 | — | — | — | — | 4,709 | 1.43 | 1,530 | 0.46 |
1956 | 1 | 0 0003 | 11 | 0 .003 | 6,392 | 1.953 | 54 | 0.016 | 73 | 0.022 | 297 | 0.091 | 31 | 0.009 | 9,651 | 2.95 | 94 | 0.029 | 83 | 1.39 | 1,633 | 0.499 | 183 | 0.056 | 96 | 0.029 | 1,792 | 29.49 | 703 | 0.21 | 2,198 | 0.67 | — | — | — | — | 5,450 | 1.67 | 1,327 | 0.41 |
1957 | — | — | 4 | 0. 001 | 2,356 | 0.724 | 27 | 0.008 | 47 | 0.014 | 269 | 0.083 | 44 | 0.014 | 36,952 | 11.36 | 70 | 0.022 | 102 | 1 69 | 2,185 | 0.672 | 201 | 0.062 | 123 | 0.038 | 2,008 | 32.42 | 630 | 0.19 | 2,177 | 0.67 | — | — | — | — | 3,982 | 1.22 | 1,189 | 0.37 |
1958 | — | — | 38 | 0.012 | 4,502 | 1.396 | 38 | 0.012 | 42 | 0.013 | 257 | 0.080 | 10 | 0.003 | 16,664 | 5.17 | 81 | 0.025 | 132 | 1 99 | 1,735 | 0.538 | 80 | 0.025 | 27 | 0.008 | 1,680 | 24.85 | 635 | 0.20 | 2,716 | 0.84 | — | — | — | — | 1,595 | 0.50 | 1,300 | 0.40 |
1959 | — | — | 75 | 0.023 | 3,571 | 1.115 | 31 | 0.010 | 84 | 0.026 | 240 | 0.075 | 4 | 0.001 | 27,970 | 8.73 | 69 | 0.022 | 161 | 2.53 | 1,914 | 0.597 | 146 | 0.046 | 64 | 0.020 | 1,666 | 25.64 | 544 | 0.17 | 2,621 | 0.82 | — | — | — | — | 1,607 | 0.50 | 1,639 | 0.51 |
1960 | — | — | 16 | 0 .005 | 5,161 | 1.616 | 23 | 0.007 | 51 | 0.016 | 229 | 0.072 | 10 | 0.003 | 8,561 | 2.68 | 71 | 0.022 | 89 | 1 36 | 882 | 0.276 | 64 | 0.020 | 23 | 0.007 | 1,416 | 21.20 | 498 | 0.16 | 1,500 | 0.47 | 1 | 0.0003 | — | — | 4,794 | 1.50 | 1,229 | 0.38 |
(a) Rate per 1,000 live births registered in London, (b) Rate per 1.000 total births registered in London.
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