Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING 1947
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 | - | - | 5 | 14 | 7 | 76 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | 162 | 93 | 1 |
Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | |
Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
Para-typhoid | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | 7 | - | - |
Pneumonia | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 42 |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - |
Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - |
Poliomyelitis | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 24 | 21 | 2 |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | - |
Measles | 9 | 14 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 108 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 223 | 12 | 11 |
Whooping Cough | 15 | 14 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 149 | 16 | 1 |
London Cases in the Downs Hospital, | |||||||||||||||
Scarlet Fever | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | - |
Poliomyelitis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - |
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 | 94 | 4 | 31 | 6 | 26 |
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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