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Coulsdon and Purley 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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TABLE XVII
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1959
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 132 | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1? | 77 | 30 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 6 | 74 | 5 | 27 | 9 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| Measles | 930 | 8 | 43 | 88 | 106 | 124 | 520 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 98 | 115 | 225 | 87 | 116 | 8 | ||
| Whooping cough | 32 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | — | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | — | |
| Erysipelas | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 141 | — | 6 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 70 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 38 | 35 | 40 | 19 | 5 | 4 | — |
| Poliomyelitis (paralytic) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Poliomyelitis (non para) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Food poisoning | 17 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 8 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | —_ |
| 1,265 | 10 | 59 | 106 | 119 | 144 | 680 | 84 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 157 | 163 | 351 | 115 | 336 | 134 | 9 | |