Incidence of notifiable infectious diseases in each sanitary district in England and Wales during the year 1920 / Ministry of Health.

Date:
1921
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Credit: Incidence of notifiable infectious diseases in each sanitary district in England and Wales during the year 1920 / Ministry of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No cases of cholera occurred during 1920. There were 3 cases of plague, 2 of which occurred in the Port of London, and one in the County Borough of Liverpool. As already stated, case-rates are given for each sanitary area in England and Wales. Many of these districts have very small populations, and in many instances the rate is calculated on one or only a few cases of disease. Although for convenience of reference such rates have been given, it is evident that in judging of their significance reference should always be made to the population and to the number of cases of sickness on which each rate is based. Sickness Statistics for 1920.—During 1920, the total number of cases of the chief notifiable diseases in England and Wales, excluding cases among sailors and soldiers, was as follows :— | England and Wales, 1920. Disease. | No. of cases rane a Be notified. Tae population. Tuberculosis, (pulmonary) ... the ies Pes 61,655 1°65 . (other forms)... ets iz ae 15,851 0°42 Small-pox ie +e OAS ener Ae ey 263 0-01 Typhus Fever ... see So ae as sat] yas 0°00 Scarlet Fever ... nt oe Oe *! Sy 41795490 oh Diphtheria ARS oe oe Abe i og ul 69,481 1°86 Enteric Fever ... rn 5 wie soe wesia 3,109. 34 0°08 Continued Fever heat ae ae eS OD 0-00 Relapsing Fever ue re ay 3 ibs ¥ 0-00 Puerperal Fever Gee bee ce ee see 2,898 0°08 Erysipelas ee _ ae baa o38 ot 16,051 0°43 Cerebro-Spinal Fever.. st is Sas as 583 0°02 rede ey i at a igh ee 293 0°01 Cholera.. AY a: ans Pos vs ay — ane Plague ... ae sto ei to 3 0-00 Ophthalmia Neonatorum... ie ~ a 10,304 10°76* Encephalitis-Lethargica an AP re Te OO eek 0°02 Polio-Encephalitis ... Pret Sh vide || DO. 4 0:00 . Trench Fever ... he. ee “aes Se ae | 5 ae 0:00 Dysentery eh Ks a 1,353 0°04 Malaria (contracted i in n England) ar ok coe 32 0:00 Pneumonia iy ae nae ts No +e 38,859 | 1°04 | Of the above, the following cases, being chiefly cases of imported disease, were notified to port sanitary authorities :— Small-pox, 20; sy Fever, 45; Diphtheria, 74; Enteric Fever, 115 ; Erysipelas, 2 22; Typhus, 2 ; Cerebro-spinal Fever, 4 Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 187 ; Tuberculosis (other forms), 8 Plague, 2; ae 84 ; Pneumonia, 174, 3 * Rate per 1,000 births.