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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
Sutton 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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The prevalence of notifiable infectious diseases during the five years 1916-1920 and the five years 1921-1925 is shown in the following table:—
| Quinquennial Period | NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. | Reported by Schools and Health Visitor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Pneumonia. | Dysentery. | Malaria. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | Anterior Poliomyelitis. | Cerebro Spinal Meningitis. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | |||||||||||||||
| Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Impaired Vision. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | |
| 1916—1920 | 153 | 3 | 134 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 67 | 80 | 2 | — | 3 | — | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 8 | - | 928 | 7 | 69 | 5 |
| 1921—1925 | 126 | — | 95 | 5 | 18† | - | 5 | 1 | 8 | — | 94 | 47 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 16 | — | 448 | 2 | 436 | 6 |
† Ten cases of Para-typhoid B in February and March, 1923, due to food.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis became notifiable on 1/9/12. Encephalitis Lethargica became notifiable on 1/1/19.
Polio-myelitis became notifiable on 1/9/12. Measles became notifiable on 1/12/15; rescinded 31/12/19.
Pheumonia, Malaria and Dysentedy became notifiable on 1/7/19.