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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 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]

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Table: TABLE I.CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1953.

TABLE I.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1953.

Disease.At all ages.Number of cases notified. At Ages—Years.Total cases notified in each Ward.
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.Woodcote.
Diphtheria--------------------
Typhoid fever—-------------------
Paratyphoid fever—-------------------
Scarlet fever118-134108414-2—--14301474652
Erysipelas3--—————-—21-1————2—
Puerperal pyrexia3--—————-3—--1———2——
Pneumonia44--——1611461312241161074
Dysentery13--—1—2—-—1367222-——
Meningococcal meningitis—-------------------
Poliomyelitis9--———5—121——1—1331—
Measles1319206812214417371236181772—22322326715431512116
Whooping cough6625691228—1—111178165173—
Malaria————---—---—--------
Ophthalmia neonatorum—-------------------
Encephalitis——————————-——-—---——
Food Poisoning2—————————11—-—1-1——
Totals1577227413115819683751212819211926626731217739413922