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 1963
[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 | Measles * | Whooping Cough * | Puerperal Pyrexia | Poliomyelitis | Acute Infective Encephalitis | Diphtheria | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Enteric Fever (including para-typhoid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 40 | — | — | 5 | — | — | 42 | 3 | 2 |
| 1935 | 54 | — | — | 8 | — | — | 50 | 3 | 2 |
| 1936 | 67 | — | — | 19 | — | — | 27 | 2 | 6 |
| 1937 | 51 | — | — | 32 | 2 | — | 21 | 3 | 1 |
| 1938 | 61 | — | — | 47 | 2 | — | 72 | 2 | 1 |
| 1939 | 69 | — | — | 66 | 1 | — | 19 | 3 | 1 |
| 1940 | 45 | 373 | 22 | 63 | — | — | 53 | 3 | 3 |
| 1941 | 54 | 331 | 271 | 37 | 1 | — | 15 | — | 7 |
| 1942 | 79 | 375 | 99 | 24 | — | — | 8 | 3 | — |
| 1943 | 110 | 287 | 151 | 18 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 |
| 1944 | 49 | 33 | 73 | 15 | 1 | — | 7 | 2 | — |
| 1945 | 28 | 407 | 84 | 23 | 1 | — | 16 | 2 | — |
| 1946 | 34 | 283 | 67 | 41 | 2 | — | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 1947 | 24 | 219 | 38 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1948 | 34 | 197 | 200 | 30 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| 1949 | 73 | 483 | 81 | 29 | 7 | 3 | — | — | — |
| 1950 | 51 | 132 | 41 | 23 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 1951 | 37 | 443 | 222 | 41 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1952 | 29 | 280 | 102 | 84 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| 1953 | 21 | 302 | 126 | 80 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| 1954 | 16 | 419 | 21 | 96 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1955 | 11 | 170 | 17 | 72 | 10 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1956 | 17 | 35 | 58 | 88 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| 1957 | 13 | 483 | 55 | 59 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1958 | 11 | 200 | 9 | 60 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 1959 | 27 | 258 | 3 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 89 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1961 | 11 | 447 | — | 89 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1962 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1963 | 12 | 404 | 13 | 37 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
* Measles - Not notifiable until 1940.
* Whooping Cough - Not notifiable until 1940.