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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
Chiswick 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chiswick]
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G—TABLE SHEWING NUMBER OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE LAST
TEN YEARS.
| Notifiable Disease. | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 34 | 24 | 42 | 47 | 93 | 247 | 122 | 69 | 32 | 17 |
| Diphtheria | 35 | 28 | 31 | 38 | 100 | 107 | 107 | 49 | 22 | 33 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | - | - | - | 33 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 25 | 14 |
| Erysipelas | 26 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 27 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Varicella | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4* | 193 | 21 | 86 |
| Anterio Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | 34 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 741 | 249 | 560 | 181 | t | - | - | - | - | |
| German Measles | 143 | 231 | 28 | 12 | t | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 88 | 55 | 79 | 48 | 64 | 55 | 53 | 54 | 43 | 48 |
| Other Tuberculosis ... | 16 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 12 |
* Notifiable from 8th December, 1922.
Notifiable to 31st December, 1919, only.