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Woolwich 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 39.
Notification of Infectious Diseases (including Tuberculosis), 1916 to 1938.
| Year. | Smallpox | Diphtheria and Mem. Croup. | Erysipelas | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | § Puerperal Pyrexia. | Primary Pneumonia. | Influenzal Pneumonia. | Malaria. | Dysentery. | Anthrax. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. | Poliomyelitis and Polio -encephal it is. | ‡ Zymotic Enteritis. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Tuberculosis Non-pulmonary. | †Measles | x Chicken Pox. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 244 | 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 | — |
| 1934 | — | 416 | 119 | 989 | 8 | - | 5 | 30 | 273 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 7 | — | 4 | 3 | 3 | 219 | 50 | 2,392 | — |
| 1935 | — | 313 | 78 | 634 | 9 | - | 3 | 42 | 230 | 25 | — | 1 | — | 17 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 209 | 33 | 656 | — |
| 1936 | — | 176 | 68 | 609 | 12 | - | 5 | 23 | 231 | 18 | 2 | — | 26 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 63 | 217 | 36 | 2,060 | — | |
| 1937 | — | 297 | 73 | 428 | 17 | - | 10 | 27 | 196 | 76 | 1 | 81 | — | 33 | — | 10 | 4 | 65 | 228 | 36 | 76 | — |
| 1938 | - | 264 | 94 | 507 | 6 | - | 8 | 37 | 200 | 7 | 4 | 50 | - | 32 | - | 6 | 5 | 61 | 204 | 44 | 2,560 |
§Notification of Puerperal Pyrexia commenced October, 1926. †Measles notifiable from 1/1/1916 to 31/12/1919 and from 1/10/38.
‡Compulsory notification of Zymotic Enteritis commenced 1913
x Chicken Pox was made notifiable from April, 1930 to 30th September, 1931.