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 XV1I1.
Incidence and Fatality of Diphtheria, 1920 -1953.
Year | Population | No. of cases | Incidence rate per 1,000 population | No. of deaths | Percentage of deaths to cases |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1520 | 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 | 0.40 | 2 | 7.1 | |
1939 | 71.220 | 32 | 0.44 | 2 | 6.2 |
1940 | 68,540 | 20 | 0.29 | 1 | 5.0 |
1941 | 64,920 | 24 | 0.36 | — | |
1942 | 66,590 | 15 | 0.22 | 1 | 6.6 |
1943 | 65,880 | 16 | 0.24 | 1 . | 6.35 |
1944 | 62,760 | 8 | 0.12 | 1 | 12.5 |
1945 | 66,050 | 12 | 0.18 | 1 | 8.3 |
1946 | 73,590 | 9 | 0.12 | — | _ |
1947 | 75,290 | 5 | 0.06 | — | _ |
1948 | 75,220 | 3 | 0.03 | — | _ |
1949 | 75.470 | 2 | 0.02 | — | _ |
1950 | 75,790 | — | — | — | _ |
1951 | 74,730 | —1 | 0.01 | — | _ |
1952 | 73,670 | — | — | — | __ |
1953 | 73,240 | — | — | — |