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 Tottenham]
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1920—1925.
Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | ||||||||||||||||
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1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | |
Dysentery | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | .006 | .013 | .006 | •012 | .04 | .051 |
Diphtheria (including Mem. Croup) | 492 | 561 | 400 | 194 | 227 | 252 | 41 | 49 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 4 | .26 | .33 | .29 | .05 | .03 | .025 |
Erysipelas | 51 | 65 | 35 | 43 | 22 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .006 | .027 | .006 | .012 | .006 | .025 |
Scarlet Fever | 596 | 1062 | 919 | 385 | 367 | 427 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | — | — | .04 | .04 | .03 | .019 | — | _ |
Enteric Fever | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | .006 | .006 | _ | .006 | .012 |
Malaria | 45 | 5 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | __ |
Pneumonia | 218 | 180 | 352 | 200 | 217 | 149 | 1451 | 102* | 155* | 118* | 125* | 104* | .92 | .65 | 1.0 | .76 | .80 | .66 |
Puerperal Fever | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | _ | .02 | .02 | .013 | .025 | .019 | _ |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 3 | 1 | _ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | .01 | .032 | .012 | |||||||
Poliomyelitis | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 32 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 342 | 258 | 254 | 242 | 231 | 234 | 133 | 119 | 125 | 113 | 124 | 112 | .85 | .79 | .82 | .73 | .79 | .71 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 71 | 54 | 64 | 49 | 44 | 53 | 23 | 37 | 30 | 25 | 28 | 27 | .14 | .25 | .19 | .15 | .18 | .17 |
Measles | 1164 | 166 | 2658 | - | - | - | 15 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 22 | 2 | .09 | .007 | .15 | .03 | .14 | .012 |
*It is to be noted that whereas only Acute Primary Pneumonia and Influenzal Pneumonia are
notifiable and recorded above, the deaths and death-rates refer to deaths returned as due
to all forms of Pneumonia.
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