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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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DISTRIBUTION OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES IN WARDS
| DISEASE | WARDS | Case Rate per 1000 Populatn (Kid-Year) | Case | Rate per 1000England & Wales | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. | N.W. | N.E . | W.C. | E.C. | E. | S.W. | S.E. | S. | Total | |||
| Population:- | 9183 | 8133 | 9360 | 11465 | 6756 | 6833 | 5498 | 5254 | 7218 | 70250 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 17 | 16 | 20 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 125 | 1.78 | 1.89 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | - | 1 | - | 17 | 0.4 | 0.46 |
| Typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 0.01 |
| Para-typhoid | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 0.35 | 0.87 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 11 | 0 .15 | 0.25 |
| Dysentery | 4 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 13 | 0.18 | - |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.01 | - |
| Ceretro-spina1 Fever | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0.03 | 0.05 |
| Measles | 39 | 33 | 72 | 136 | 71 | 56 | 32 | 35 | 56 | 530 | 7.54 | 11.67 |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 0.59 | 1.64 |
| Total | 69 | 52 | 108 | 190 | 95 | 80 | 49 | 49 | 77 | 769 | ||