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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 III.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED EACH YEAR SINCE 1923
| Disease | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Scarlet fever | 40 | 58 | 35 | 48 | 74 | 94 | 125 | 69 | 45 | 29 | 69 | 119 | 124 | 117 | 62 | 71 | 65 | 61 | 39 | 45 | 184 | 88 | 67 | 93 | 78 | 62 | 138 | 149 | 90 | 80 | 118 |
| Diphtheria | 77 | 101 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 23 | 76 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 52 | 35 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 15 | 8 | - | — | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | - | 3 |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid fever | 11 | 5 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | - |
| Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Puerperal fever | — | — | - | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | — | - | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Puerperal pyrexia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Poliomyelitis | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 10 | — | 8 | 9 |
| Polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute encaphalitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | - | - | 12 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 6 | 16 | 11 | — | 9 | 7 | 38 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 28 | 20 | 32 | 13 | 30 | 12 | 52 | 19 | 32 | 38 | 27 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 51 | 21 | 44 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| Measles | 2 | 11 | 214 | 479 | 275 | 52 | 705 | 41 | 218 | 567 | 600 | 477 | 810 | 170 | 1319 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dysentery | 17 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | — | 1 | 2 | 10 | 85 | 224 | 121 | 21 | 42 | 172 | 82 | 43 | 71 | 14 | 28 | 22 | 48 | 13 |
| Whooping cough | 6 | 1 | 136 | 36 | 55 | 51 | 100 | 31 | 115 | 201 | 42 | 242 | 204 | 196 | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
| Food poisoning | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis:— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 16 | 24 | 14 | 19 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 38 | 44 | 36 | 44 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 36 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 43 | 39 | 51 | 44 | 38 | 59 | 48 | 57 | 47 | 60 | 42 | 37 |
| Other forms | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Totals | 124 | 224 | 114 | 113 | 153 | 174 | 232 | 162 | 135 | 154 | 196 | 235 | 265 | 213 | 197 | 162 | 207 | 323 | 743 | 809 | 632 | 337 | 1137 | 435 | 564 | 990 | 880 | 998 | 1260 | 579 | 1617 |