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 Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XIV.
INCIDENCE AND FATALITY OF DIPHTHERIA, 1920—1941.
Year. | Population. | No. of cases. | Incidence rate per 1,000 population. | No. of deaths. | Percentage of deaths to cases. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1920 | 18,200 | 47 | 2.5 | 3 | 6.3% |
1921 | 18,000 | 28 | 1.5 | 1 | 3.5% |
1922 | 18,500 | 62 | 3.3 | 4 | 6.4% |
1923 | 18,750 | 39 | 2.08 | 1 | 2.5% |
1924 | 18,710 | 68 | 3.6 | 6 | 8.9% |
1925 | 18,960 | 25 | 1.3 | 1 | 8.3% |
1926 | 19,980 | 24 | 1.2 | 2 | 8.5% |
1927 | 21,850 | 29 | 1.3 | 2 | 6.8% |
1928 | 25,780 | 38 | 1.4 | — | — |
1929 | 27,430 | 53 | 1.9 | 1 | 1.8% |
1930 | 35,000 | 72 | 2.05 | 6 | 8.3% |
1931 | 41,610 | 80 | 1.9 | 6 | 7.5% |
1932 | 48,550 | 30 | 0.6 | — | — |
1933 | 52,130 | 35 | 0.6 | 1 | 2.8% |
1934 | 55,550 | 82 | 1.4 | 8 | 9.7% |
1935 | 57,440 | 44 | 0.76 | 4 | 9.0% |
1936 | 61,000 | 28 | 0.45 | — | – |
1937 | 65,530 | 22 | 0.33 | 4 | 18.1% |
1938 | 68,980 | 28 | 0.40 | 2 | 7.1% |
1939 | (b) 71,220 | 32 | 0.44 | 2 | 6.2% |
1940 | 68.540 | 20 | 0.29 | 1 | 5.0% |
1941 | 64,920 | 24 | — | — | — |
1942 | 86,590 | 15 | – | 1 | 6.6% |
TUBERCULOSIS—1940, 1941, 1942.
1940. One hundred and eighteen new cases were added to the
register of tuberculous persons compared with 130 in
the year before.
1941. One hundred and sixteen new cases were added to the
register of tuberculous persons compared with 118 in
the year before.
1942. One hundred and fifty-one new cases were added to the
register of tuberculous persons compared with 116 in
the year before.
These additions were:—
Males | Females | Totals | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1940 | 194.1 | 1942 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | |
Pulmonary | 61 | 62 | 77 | 33 | 36 | 50 | 94 | 98 | 127 |
Non-Pulmonary | 13 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 28 | 24 |
74 | 73 | 84 | 44 | 43 | 67 | 118 | 116 | 151 |