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 St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE II.
Notifiable Diseases During the Year 1924.
Cases Notified. Deaths Certified.
Disease. | At all Ages. | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards. | Total No. of Cases Admitted to Hospital. | Total deaths | Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diphtheria | 122 | 3 | 49 | 42 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 119 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | ' — | — | |
Erysipelas | 50 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 24 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
Scarlet Fever . | 185 | 2 | 63 | 84 | 21 | 14 | 1 | — | 171 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) . | 17 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 7 | 4 | - | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Puerperal Fever | 10 | — | — | — | 2 | 8 | — | — | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 18 | — | — | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | — | 11 | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pneumonia | 68 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 12 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Dysentery | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cerebro Spinal Fever | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary . | 178 | — | 1 | 26 | 32 | 60 | 48 | 11 | 47 | 36 | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 3 |
Tuberculosis, Non-Pulmonary . | 46 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 2 | - |
Total . | 703 | 17 | 150 | 194 | 94 | 134 | 84 | 30 | 442 | 68 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 7 |