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 Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The number of eases of certain infectious diseases notified
for the year and for the previous 10 years is shown on the following
Table, as also the number above or below the corrected
average.
1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1915. | 19l6. | 1917. | 1918. | 1919. | I920. | 1921. | 1920. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. above decennial average. | No. below decennial average. | ||||||||||||
Scarlet Fever | 869 | 833 | 971 | 1417 | 1309 | 690 | 566 | 563 | 893 | 1463 | 1978 | 954 | ... |
Diphtheria | 510 | 431 | 430 | 552 | 723 | 531 | 435 | 487 | 525 | 1104 | 1009 | 377 | ... |
Enteric Fever | 63 | 73 | 52 | 48 | 50 | 46 | 47 | 38 | 18 | 24 | 32 | ... | 17 |
Puerperal Fever | 24 | 27 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 28 | 36 | 11 | ... | 14 |
Erysipelas | 202 | 207 | 204 | 234 | 195 | 157 | 103 | 95 | 143 | 173 | 121 | ... | 62 |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 47 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 9 | ... | 9 |
Polio-Myelitis | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 11 | ... | 7 | 3 | ... |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 34 | 35 | 37 | 51 | 44 | 32 | 29 | 35 | 54 | 60 | 54 | 10 | ... |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 514 | 855 | 783 | 706 | 646 | 590 | 622 | 777 | 788 | 634 | 490 | ... | 249 |
Other Forms of Tuberculosis | ... | ... | 328 | 199 | 234 | 216 | 193 | 218 | 163 | 156 | 147 | ... | 81 |
Compared with 1920 there has been an increase in the number
of cases of scarlet fever, enteric fever, and polio-myelitis, and
a decrease of pulmonary tuberculosis, other forms of tuberculosis,
diphtheria, puerperal fever, erysipelas, cerebro-spinal meningitis,
and ophthalmia neonatorum.
Compared with the corrected decennial average there has
been an increase in the number of cases of scarlet fever, diphtheria,
and ophthalmia neonatorum, and a decrease of enteric
fever, erysipelas, cerebro-spinal meningitis, pulmonary tuberculosis,
and other forms of tuberculosis.