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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1959 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 upwards | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 142 | 6 | – | — | – | – | 13 | 10 | 17 | 85 | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | 93 | 10 | – | – | 11 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 32 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | |
| (1) Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis | 4 | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Measles | 1,322 | 8 | – | – | 54 | 159 | 193 | 200 | 185 | 513 | 16 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | 7 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Pneumonia | ( Acute Influenzal | 22 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| ( Acute Primary | 38 | 12 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | |
| (2) Dysentery | 120 | 17 | – | – | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 3 | |
| Typhoid & Paratyhoid Fever | 7 | 7 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | |
| Erysipelas | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 9 | 3 | |
| (3) Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (4) Puerperal Pyrexia | 121 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 96 | 5 | 1 | – | |
| (5) Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 1 | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scabies | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | – | – | – | |
| Totals | 1,915 | 200 | 4 | – | 78 | 183 | 223 | 232 | 218 | 673 | 54 | 27 | 139 | 29 | 37 | 22 | |
(1) In addition, 3 cases of Camberwell residents occurred in a hospital outside the Borough and were
notified to the Medical Officer of Health for the area in which the hospital was situated; one of
these died.
(2) In addition, 9 cases of Camberwell residents were diagnosed in hospitals outside the Borough.
(3) In addition, 4 cases of Camberwell residents were diagnosed in hospitals outside the Borough.
(4) Includes 38 cases of non-residents occurring in hospitals in this Borough, and in addition 16 cases
of Camberwell residents were diagnosed in hospitals outside the Borough.
(5) Includes 1 case of non-resident which occurred in a hospital in this Borough, and in addition,
2 cases of Camberwell residents were diagnosed in hospitals outside the Borough.