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 Walthamstow]
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The following Table shows for London and certain large Metropolitan areas the number of cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria notified in 1925 to the Ministry of Health, with the number of deaths as ascertained from the Registrar-General's returns and the case death-rate per 100 attacked:—
Number notified. | Deaths. | Case rate per 100. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S.F. | Dip. | S.F. | Dip | S.F. | Dip. | |
London | 12,287 | 12,583 | 100 | 481 | .8 | 3.8 |
Croydon | 343 | 102 | 1 | 9 | .3 | 8.8 |
Willesden | 264 | 304 | 2 | 10 | .7 | 3.2 |
Tottenham | 428 | 248 | — | 9 | - | 3.6 |
Edmonton | 112 | 208 | — | 26 | - | 12.5 |
West Ham | 478 | 766 | 5 | 19 | 1.0 | 2.4 |
East Ham | 219 | 251 | 4 | 11 | 1.8 | 4.3 |
Leyton | 206 | 289 | — | 14 | — | 4.8 |
Walthamstow | 350 | 198 | 1 | 7 | .3 | 3.5 |
Years. | Population. | Number of Diphtheria Cases. | Rate per 1,000 | Membranous Croup Cases. | Diphtheria and Croup Death-rate per 1,000 population |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1890 | 46500 | 129 | 2.50 | 3 | - |
1891 | 47000 | 153 | 3.22 | 9 | - |
1892 | 49400 | 137 | 2.77 | 17 | - |
1893 | 52000 | 142 | 2.73 | 11 | - |
1894 | 57000 | 129 | 2.26 | 15 | - |
1895 | 61000 | 198 | 3.24 | 10 | - |
1896 | 65000 | 124 | 1.90 | 6 | - |
1897 | 70000 | 152 | 2.17 | 6 | - |
1898 | 77000 | 225 | 2.90 | 9 | .59 |
1899 | 83000 | 338 | 4.00 | 7 | .88 |
1900 | 91000 | 516 | 5.60 | 11 | .86 |
1901 | 95131 | 322 | 3.40 | 11 | .40 |
1902 | 97700 | 142 | 1.50 | 8 | .21 |
1903 | 100400 | 147 | 1 .46 | 5 | .16 |
1904 | 103200 | 177 | 1.70 | 13 | .28 |
1905 | 106000 | 254 | 2.40 | 4 | .26 |
1906 | 108500 | 287 | 2.70 | 6 | .52 |
1907 | 111500 | 251 | 2.20 | 6 | .32 |
1908 | 114900 | 220 | 1.90 | 3 | .19 |
1909 | 117800 | 182 | 1.50 | — | .14 |
1910 | 121280 | 138 | 1.10 | — | .12 |
1911 | 124597 | 287 | 2.20 | — | .23 |
1912 | 128480 | 233 | 1.80 | — | .17 |
1913 | 131636 | 319 | 2.40 | — | .15 |
1914 | 131980 | 318 | 2.40 | — | .21 |
1915 | 131718 | 199 | 1.51 | — | .09 |
1916 | 139425 | 412 | 2.95 | - | .14 |
1917 | 132994 | 382 | 2.87 | — | .20 |
1918 | 127701 | 239 | 1.87 | — | .14 |
1919 | 133008 | 425 | 3.19 | — | .14 |
1920 | 132771 | 375 | 2.82 | — | .14 |
1921 | 127441 | 380 | 2.98 | - | .09 |
1922 | 129800 | 300 | 2.31 | — | .20 |
1923 | 129700 | 212 | 1.63 | — | .04 |
1924 | 130000 | 257 | 1.97 | — | .03 |
1925 | 130800 | 196 | 1.5 | — | .05 |