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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
Coulsdon and Purley 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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TABLE 1.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1947.
| Disease. | Number of cases notified. At Ages Years. | Total cases notified in each Ward. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | 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. | Sander stead. | Selsdon and Farleigh. | Wood cote. | ||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet fever | 78 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | 10 | 4 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 47 | |
| Erysipelas | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | ||
| Dysentery | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 40 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | _ | |
| Measles | 218 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 25 | 21 | 112 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 41 | 9 | 57 | 25 | 74 | 7 | 5 | |
| Whooping cough | 115 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 23 | 16 | 34 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 5 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 3 | |
| Totals | 494 | 17 | 37 | 29 | 52 | 39 | 187 | 27 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 28 | 24 | 101 | 26 | 127 | 54 | 114 | 46 | 26 | 55 |