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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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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING 19 4 5
| 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 | - | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 63 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 125 | 70 | - | |
| Diphtheria | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 17 | 17 | - | ||
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Para-typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 24 | |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 3 | - | |
| Dysentery | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 13 | 5 | - | |||
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Measles | 13 | 46 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 281 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 530 | 19 | 2 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 42 | 3 | ||
| London Cases in the Downs Hospital | S.F. | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |||
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 |
| 10 | 127 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 |
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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