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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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| Disease | Under 1 year | 1 yr. | 2 yrs. | 3 yrs | 4 yrs | 5 yrs. | 10 yrs | 15 yrs | 20 yrs. | 35 yrs. | 45 yrs | 65 yrs. | Totals | Removed to hospital | D i e d * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 146 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 215 | 113 | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | - | 2 | - | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 2 | 26 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| (contracted abroad Dysentery | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 12 | 10 | 1 |
| Cerebrospinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Measles | 5 | 26 | 25 | 33 | 43 | 173 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 317 | 7 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 18 | 16 | 25 | 24 | 36 | 80 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 208 | 9 | - |
| London Cases in the Down Nursery: | |||||||||||||||
| Dysentery | - | 13 | 16 | 13 | 3 | - | - | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 58 | 58 | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| *Under column "Died", all deaths, whether notified in the district or outside it, or not notified at all, are included | |||||||||||||||