London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Kingston upon Thames 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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The following table gives a comparative statement of notifications of certain infectious diseases received during the last thirty years:-
TABLE V
| Year | Scarlet Fever | Puerperal Pyrexia | Measles | Whooping Cough | Aoute Infective Encephalitis | Poliomyelitis | Enterio Fever (ineludua= lag Par-typhoid) | Diphtheria | Ophthalmia Necnatarass 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 82 | 4 | Not notifiable | Not notifiable | – | 2 | 7 | 27 | 2 |
| 1927 | 87 | 9 | – | 1 | 3 | 65 | 3 | ||
| 1928 | 135 | 9 | – | 1 | 7 | 152 | 4 | ||
| 1929 | 74 | 5 | – | – | 1 | 113 | 3 | ||
| 1930 | 78 | 9 | – | – | 5 | 100 | 2 | ||
| 1931 | 61 | 1k | – | 1 | 53 | 4 | |||
| 1932 | 56 | 13 | – | 2 | 1 | 47 | – | ||
| 1933 | 125 | 10 | – | 3 | 2 | 30 | 2 | ||
| 1934 | 40 | 5 | – | – | 2 | 42 | 3 | ||
| 1935 | 5k | 8 | – | – | 2 | 50 | 3 | ||
| 1936 | 67 | 19 | – | – | 6 | 27 | 2 | ||
| 1937 | 51 | 32 | – | 2 | 1 | 21 | 3 | ||
| 1938 | 61 | 47 | – | 2 | 1 | 72 | 2 | ||
| 1939 | 69 | 66 | – | 1 | 1 | 19 | 3 | ||
| 1940 | 45 | 63 | 373 | 22 | – | – | 3 | 53 | 3 |
| 1941. | 5k | 37 | 331 | 271 | – | 1 | 7 | 15 | – |
| 1942 | 79 | 2k | 375 | 99 | – | – | – | 8 | 3 |
| 1943 | 110. | 18 | 287 | 151 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1944 | 49 | 15 | 33 | 73 | – | 1 | – | 7 | 2 |
| 1945 | 28 | 23 | 407 | 84 | – | 1 | – | 16 | 2 |
| 1946 | 34 | 41 | 283 | 67 | – | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 1947 | 24 | 28 | 219 | 38 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1948 | 34 | 30 | 197 | 200 | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| 1949 | 73 | 29 | 483 | 81 | 3 | 7 | – | – | – |
| 1950 | 51 | 23 | 132 | 41 | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| 1951 | 37 | 41 | 443 | 222 | 1 | – | — | – | – |
| 1952 | 29 | 84 | 280 | 102 | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| 1953 | 21 | 80 | 302 | 12 | – | 5 | – | – | – |
| 1954 | 16 | 96 | 419 | 21 | – | 15 | – | – | – |
| 1955 | 11 | 72 | 170 | 17 | – | 10 | – | – | – |