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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE NO. 38.
Notification of Infectious Diseases (Including Tuberculosis), 1901 to 1933.
| 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. | *Chicken Pox. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - | 1,240 | - |
| 1905 | 7 | 273 | 83 | 513 | 27 | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 212 | 145 | - | 465 | -- |
| 1906 | - | 387 | 97 | 528 | 40 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 366 | 176 | - | 825 | - |
| 1907 | - | 275 | 110 | 1,023 | 27 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 93 | 150 | - | 1,453 | - |
| 1908 | - | 362 | 90 | 596 | 19 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 173 | 154 | - | 519 | - |
| 1909 | - | 268 | 113 | 1,027 | 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 | 1,179 | - |
| 1916 | 1 | 271 | 95 | 232 | 9 | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | - | 17 | - | 80 | 392 | 77 | 1,590 | - |
| 1917 | - | 277 | 79 | 147 | 12 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 41 | - | 22 | 1 | 101 | 448 | 95 | 1,710 | - |
| 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 | 1,886 | - |
| 1920 | 1 | 427 | 82 | 538 | 6 | - | 13 | - | 136 | - | 29 | 1 | - | 29 | 3 | 6 | - | 31 | 359 | 69 | 1,013 | - |
| 1921 | - | 592 | 59 | 1,351 | 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 | 2,698 | - |
| 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 | 2,679 | - |
| 1925 | - | 299 | 44 | 364 | 16 | - | 9 | - | 237 | 40 | 5 | 1 | - | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 246 | 54 | 1,916 | - |
| 1926 | - | 393 | 46 | 411 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 259 | 33 | 5 | - | - | 18 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 287 | 52 | 1,246 | - |
| 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 | 2,418 | - |
| 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 | 241 | 55 | 2,702 | 597 |
| 1931 | 3 | 281 | 80 | 387 | 3 | - | 8 | 41 | 327 | 44 | 3 | - | - | 7 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 229 | 51 | 113 | 672 |
| 1932 | 7 | 233 | 44 | 554 | 3 | - | 5 | 35 | 199 | 48 | 2 | 1 | - | 7 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 235 | 48 | 3,135 | - |
| 1933 | 2 | 370 | 67 | 1,004 | 5 | - | 4 | 36 | 181 | 68 | 2 | - | - | 9 | - | 9 | 2 | 5 | 207 | 45 | 354 | - |
§Notification of Puerperal Pyrexia commenced October, 1926. † Measles notifiable from 1/1/1916 to 31/12/1919.
* Voluntary notification to 1910 ; partial to 1912 ; all cases thereafter. ‡ Compulsory notification of Zymotic Enteritis commenced 1913.
* Chicken Pox was again made notifiable from April, 1930, to 30th September, 1931.