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 Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 51.
Notification of Infectious Diseases, 1901 to 1930.
Year. | Smallpox. | Diphtheria and Mem. Croup | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | § Puerperal Pyrexia. | Pneumonia Primary. | Influenzal Pneumonia. | Malaria. | Dysentery. | Anthrax. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | Cerebrospinal Meningitis. | Poliomyelitis. | ‡Zymotic Enteritis. | *Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | *Tuberculosis Non-pulmonary | †Measles. | X Chicken Pox |
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1901 | 21 | 216 | 72 | 311 | 68 | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 323 | .. |
1902 | 228 | 233 | 98 | 267 | 50 | 1 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 189 | .. | 646 | 301 |
1903 | 6 | 186 | 58 | 389 | 42 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 165 | .. | 661 | .. |
1904 | 6 | 163 | 74 | 472 | 25 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 186 | .. | 1240 | .. |
1905 | 7 | 273 | 83 | 513 | 27 | 1 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 212 | 145 | .. | 465 | .. |
1906 | .. | 387 | 97 | 528 | 40 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 366 | 176 | .. | 825 | .. |
1907 | .. | 275 | 110 | 1023 | 27 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 93 | 150 | .. | 1453 | .. |
1908 | .. | 362 | 90 | 596 | 19 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 173 | 154 | .. | 519 | .. |
1909 | .. | 268 | 113 | 1027 | 13 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 149 | 206 | .. | 768 | .. |
1910 | 1 | 171 | 89 | 524 | 10 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 102 | 196 | .. | 396 | .. |
1911 | .. | 239 | 82 | 518 | 16 | .. | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 1 | 3 | 866 | 375 | .. | 801 | .. |
1912 | 3 | 429 | 87 | 474 | 20 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | .. | 1 | 3 | 129 | 689 | .. | 775 | .. |
1913 | .. | 321 | 70 | 626 | 14 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | .. | .. | 1 | 338 | 532 | 143 | 387 | .. |
1914 | .. | 416 | 107 | 714 | 18 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | .. | 1 | .. | 199 | 400 | 98 | 967 | .. |
1915 | .. | 286 | 138 | 601 | 31 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | .. | 50 | 2 | 173 | 420 | 69 | 1179 | .. |
1916 | 1 | 271 | 95 | 232 | 9 | .. | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 33 | .. | 17 | .. | 80 | 392 | 77 | 1590 | .. |
1917 | .. | 277 | 79 | 147 | 12 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 41 | .. | 22 | 1 | 101 | 448 | 95 | 1710 | .. |
1918 | .. | 240 | 61 | 222 | 12 | .. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | .. | 11 | 3 | 118 | 563 | 97 | 800 | .. |
1919 | 4 | 398 | 63 | 243 | 26 | .. | 7 | .. | 123 | .. | 61 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 123 | 394 | 80 | 1886 | .. |
1920 | 1 | 427 | 82 | 538 | 6 | .. | 13 | .. | 136 | .. | 29 | 1 | .. | 29 | 3 | 6 | .. | 31 | 359 | 69 | 1013 | .. |
1921 | .. | 592 | 59 | 1351 | 11 | .. | 14 | .. | 187 | 49 | 10 | 4 | .. | 32 | 9 | 2 | .. | 454 | 285 | 71 | 481 | .. |
1922 | .. | 437 | 37 | 511 | 8 | 1 | 11 | .. | 212 | 133 | 11 | .. | .. | 26 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 245 | 60 | 2698 | .. |
1923 | .. | 152 | 40 | 334 | 16 | .. | 8 | .. | 196 | 46 | 4 | 1 | .. | 18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 245 | 66 | 194 | .. |
1924 | .. | 195 | 45 | 440 | 11 | .. | 7 | .. | 249 | 105 | 3 | 1 | .. | 27 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 273 | 69 | 2679 | .. |
1925 | .. | 299 | 44 | 364 | 16 | .. | 9 | .. | 237 | 40 | 5 | 1 | .. | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 246 | 54 | 1916 | .. |
1926 | .. | 393 | 46 | 411 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 259 | 33 | 5 | .. | .. | 18 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 287 | 52 | 1246 | .. |
1927 | .. | 278 | 65 | 478 | 9 | .. | 8 | 30 | 280 | 36 | 3 | 1 | .. | 19 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 269 | 84 | 457 | .. |
1928 | 3 | 300 | 89 | 529 | 17 | .. | 20 | 28 | 216 | 14 | 12 | 1 | .. | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 263 | 62 | 2418 | .. |
1929 | 5 | 496 | 80 | 567 | 7 | .. | 15 | 38 | 293 | 90 | 5 | .. | 1 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 250 | 52 | 151 | .. |
1930 | 10 | 497 | 77 | 627 | 8 | .. | 5 | 31 | 262 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .. | 8 | .. | 2 | 2 | 22 | 244 | 55 | 2702 | 597 |
§Notification of Puerperal Pyrexia commenced October, 1926.
*Voluntary notification to 1910; partial to 1912; all cases thereafter.
†Measles notifiable from 1/1/1916 to 31/12/1919.
‡Notification of Zymotic Enteritis commenced 1913.
X Chicken Pox was again made notifiable April, 1930.