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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1962. 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 | u | 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 55 | 65 and upwards | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 57 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 6 | – | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | 52 | – | – | – | 13 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | 337 | – | – | – | 12 | 31 | 52 | 43 | 44 | 134 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Pneumonia | Acute Influenzal | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | 17 | – |
| Acute Primary | 36 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 12 | |
| (1) Dysentery | 118 | 6 | 51 | – | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Erysipelas | 11 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | |
| (2) Meningococcal Infection | 5 | 4 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (3) Puerperal Pyrexia | 179 | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | 130 | 21 | 1 | – | |
| (4) Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 6 | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scabies | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | 1 | 2 | – | |
| (5) Malaria | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Totals | 822 | 196 | 51 | – | 40 | 44 | 66 | 69 | 65 | 222 | 35 | 34 | 160 | 36 | 37 | 14 | |
( 1) Includes 8 cases of Camberwell residents which occurred in hospitals outside the thorough.
(2) Includes 1 case of a Camberwell resident which was diagnosed in a hospital outside the Borough.
(3) Includes 61 cases of non-residents occurring in hospitals in Caraberwell, also 5 cases ot Lamberwell
residents that occurred in hospitals outside the Borough.
(4) Includes 3 cases of non-residents occurring in hospitals in Camberwell, also 2 cases of Camberwell
residents that occurred in hospitals outside the Borough.
(5) This was a case of a Camberwell resident which was diagnosed in a hospital outside the Borough.