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Woolwich 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE No. 30.

Notification of Infectious Diseases, 1901 to 1924.

Year.Small-pox.Diphtheria and Mem. Croup.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Tuberculosis.*Continued Fever.Cerebro-Spinal Fever.Anterior Poliomyelitis.Encephalitis lethargica.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Zymotic Enteritis.§Anthrax.Malaria.Dysentery.Pneumonia.†Measles.‡
19012121631168728..1..................323
19022282332675098111891..................646
19036186389425821653..................661
19046163472257451861..................1240
190572735132783121451........212........465
1906..38752840978176...........366........825
1907..2751023271106150..1......93........1453
1908..36259619906154..........173........519
1909..2681027131139206..........149........768
1910..17152410897196..1......102........396
1911..239518168216375..13..8866........801
1912..42947420872689..13..20129........775
1913..32162614708675....1..14338........387
1914..416714181077498..1....18199........967
1915..286601311386489..502..19173.......1179
1916..27123299516469..17....3380........1590
1917..277147127912543..221..41101........1710
1918..240222126114660..113..23118........800
1919439824326637474..7133412316171231886
1920142753868213428..6..32931..2911361013
1921..5921351115914356..2..932454..104236481
1922..4375118371130512432631..11..3452698
1923..15233416408311..5611849..41242194
1924..19544011457342..125172713..313542679

*Voluntary Notification to 1910; partial to 1912; all cases thereafter, † Includes all forms of Pneumonia.
‡ Measles compulsorily notifiable from 1/1/1916 to 31/12/1919.
§ Compulsory notification of Zymotic Enteritis commenced 1913.