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 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 | Rate | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1954 | 1 | 0.0003 | 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 | (a) 1.92 | 1,502 | 0.452 | 79 | 0.024 | 46 | 0.013 | 1,938 | 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 | 0038 | 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 |
1961 | — | — | 28 | 0.009 | 1,812 | 0.570 | 18 | 0.006 | 32 | 0.010 | 204 | 0.064 | 26 | 0.008 | 47,620 | 15.00 | 67 | 0.021 | 100 | 1.46 | 1,174 | 0.369 | 29 | 0 009 | 11 | 0.003 | 1,486 | 21.27 | 463 | 015 | 1,361 | 0.43 | 1 | 0.0003 | — | — | 1,146 | 0.36 | 783 | 0.25 |
1962 | 1 | 0.0003 | — | — | 2,814 | 0.883 | 23 | 0.007 | 48 | 0.015 | 141 | 0.044 | 56 | 0.018 | 9,538 | 2.99 | 67 | 0.021 | 188 | 2.62 | 823 | 0.258 | 17 | 0.005 | 6 | 0.002 | 1,374 | 18.81 | 369 | 0.12 | 863 | 0.27 | 1 | 0.0003 | — | — | 619 | 0.19 | 676 | 0.21 |
1963 | 1 | 0.0003 | 14 | 0.004 | 4,917 | 1.547 | 17 | 0.005 | 54 | 0.017 | 130 | 0.041 | 36 | 0.011 | 29,209 | 9.19 | 64 | 0.020 | 96 | 1.31 | 955 | 0.800 | 1 | 0 0003 | 2 | 0 0006 | 1,093 | 14.70 | 518 | 0.16 | 1,025 | 0.32 | — | — | — | — | 2,601 | 0.82 | 528 | 0.17 |
(a) Rate per 1,000 live births registered in London. (b) Rate per 1,000 total births registered in London.
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