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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Camberwell 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1950. SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED AND DEATHS FROM THESE CAUSES AMONG NOTIFIED CASES
| Disease. | No. of Notifications. | Treated in Hospital. | Found not to be suffering from the Disease. | Deaths of Notified Cases. | Age Distribution of Notifications. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upward | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 206 | 46 | 5 | – | – | 2 | 17 | 20 | 31 | 104 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Whooping Cough | 706 | 62 | 5 | 1 | 66 | 81 | 107 | 120 | 95 | 223 | 12 | – | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Poliomyelitis & Polio-encephalitis | 26 | 26 | 8 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | – | 1 | – | |
| Measles | 1,441 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 152 | 204 | 270 | 205 | 538 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | 20 | 20 | 12 | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | |
| Pneumonia | Acute Influenzal | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Acute Primary | 77 | 23 | – | – | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 14 | |
| Dysentery | 17 | 11 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Erysipelas | 33 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | |
| Meningococcal Infection | 6 | 6 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | – | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 24 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 16 | 6 | – | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 3 | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scabies | 46 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | |
| Malaria | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Totals | 2,618 | 267 | 43 | 6 | 135 | 244 | 343 | 420 | 340 | 898 | 53 | 22 | 67 | 36 | 35 | 25 | |