London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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DISTRIBUTION OP NOTIFIABLE DISEASES IN WARDS
| DISEASE | WARDS | Case Rate per 1000 Populatn (Mid-Year) | Case Rate per 1000 England & Wales | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. | N.W. | N.E. | W.C. | E.C. | E. | S.W. | S.E. | S. | Total | |||
| Population | 10280 | 9132 | 11006 | 12863 | 7566 | 7649 | 6117 | 5937 | 8220 | 78,770 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 94 | 1.19 | 1.38 |
| Diphtheria | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0.27 | 0.28 |
| Typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Para-typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | 7 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 5 | 6 | - | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 0.39 | 0.89 |
| Erysipelas | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 4 | 9 | 0.11 | 0.22 |
| Dysentery | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | 0.09 | - |
| Poliomyelitis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.01 | - |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0.02 | 0.05 |
| Measles | 8 | 9 | 29 | 46 | 30 | 52 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 232 | 2.95 | 3.92 |
| Whooping Cough | 18 | 10 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 18 | - | 7 | 8 | 124 | 1.57 | 2.28 |
| Total | 49 | 38 | 89 | 104 | 54 | 95 | 15 | 40 | 45 | 528 | ||