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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
Sutton and Cheam 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING 1944
| Disease | Under 1 Year | 1 Year | 2 Years | 3 Years | 4 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | 15 Years | 20 Years | 35 Years | 45 Years | 65 Years | Totals | Removed to Hospital | Died | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 106 | 26 | i 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 193 | 125 | - | |
| Diphtheria | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Para-typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | 7 | 4 | - | |
| Pneumonia | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 37 | |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 5 | - | |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 13 | 3 | 1 | |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cerebrospinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Measles | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 27 | 3 | - | |
| Whooping Cough | 9 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 88 | 9 | 1 | |
| London Cases in the Downs Hospital | S.F. | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - |
| Dip. | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | |
| W. Cough | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
* Under Column "Died" all deaths, whether notified in the
district or outside it, or not notified at all, are
included,
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS:-The following examinations
of specimens were made by "direction of the Borough Council.
Diphtheria Enteric Tuberculosis
Positive Negative Positive ; Negative Positive Negative
1 76 4 10 1 13
Diphtheria swabs are also taken by the School Nurses and sent
to the County Laboratory; these are not included in the above
Table.
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