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Coulsdon and Purley 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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TABLE I.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1954.
| 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 tinder 65. | 65 and over. | Coulsdon East. | Coulsdon West. | Purley. | Kenley. | Sanderstead. | Selsdon and Farleigh. | Woodcote. | ||
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paratyphoid fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 68 | — | — | 1 | 8 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 16 | — | |
| Erysipelas | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | — | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — |
| Dysentery | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 9 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | — |
| Whooping cough | 131 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 63 | 10 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 7 | 17 | 31 | 24 | 38 | 9 | 5 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 74 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 17 | 50 | — | 69 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 321 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 111 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 29 | 62 | 26 | 107 | 65 | 32 | 58 | 28 | 5 |