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Coulsdon and Purley 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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TABLE 1.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1945.
| Disease. | At all ages. | Number of cases notified At Ages—Years. | Total cases notified in each Ward. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | Deaths. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 3. | 3 and under 4. | 4 and under 5. | 5 and under 10. | 10 and under 15. | 15 and under 20. | 20 and under 35. | 35 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and over. | Coulsdon East. | Coulsdon West. | Purley. | Kenley. | Sanderstead. | Selsdon and Farleigh. | Wood cote. | ||||
| Diphtheria | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | |
| Typhoid fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paratyphoid fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 67 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | — | 9 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 48 | — |
| Erysipelas | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Pneumonia | 17 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | — | 8 | — | — | 1 | 17* | |
| Dysentery | 172 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 26 | 24 | 69 | 50 | 170 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | |
| Measles | 705 | 12 | 47 | 62 | 66 | 70 | 365 | 51 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 2 | — | 180 | 66 | 158 | 66 | 149 | 51 | 35 | 4 | — |
| Whooping cough | 100 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 48 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 12 | 7 | 1 5 | 44 | 17 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Totals | 1,090 | 15 | 59 | 72 | 82 | 89 | 451 | 62 | 26 | 44 | 43 | 80 | 67 | 393 | 91 | 88 | 82 | 216 | 81 | 39 | 62 | 20 |