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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1960 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 | 87 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 7 | 12 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | 196 | 5 | – | – | 30 | 20 | 28 | 25 | 21 | 57 | 12 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – |
| (1) Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | 683 | – | – | – | 25 | 64 | 81 | 89 | 66 | 348 | 7 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Diphtheria | 21 | 21 | 13* | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Pneumonia (Acute Influenzal ( Acute primary | 25 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| (2) Dysentery | 276 | 29 | 117 | – | 10 | 25 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 83 | 32 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 19 | 4 |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Erysipelas | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (3) Puerperal Pyrexiar | 124 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 88 | 12 | – | – |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 13 | 9 | – | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Scabies | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Totals | 1,462 | 189 | 130 | – | 79 | 109 | 127 | 142 | 117 | 559 | 69 | 36 | 136 | 35 | 41 | 12 |
* These were not clinical cases, but were found to be harbouring the diphtheria organism ('carriers').
(1) One case of a Camberwell resident occurred in a hospital outside the Borough and was notified to
the Medical Officer of Health for the area in which the hospital was situated.
(2) In addition, 12 cases of Camberwell residents were diagnosed in hospitals outside the Borough.
(3) Includes 53 cases of non-residents occurring in hospitals in this Borough, and in addition 4 cases
of Camberwell residents were diagnosed in hospitals outside the Borough.