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 | WARDS | Case Rate per 1,000 population (Mid-year) | Case Rate per 1000 England and Wales | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. | N.W. | N.E. | W.C. | E.C. | E. | S.W. | S.E. | S. | Total | |||
| Population | 10419 | 9160 | 11318 | 13078 | 7573 | 7745 | 6719 | 6074 | 9024 | 81110 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 33 | 20 | 33 | 51 | 23 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 215 | 2.64 | 1.50 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Para-typhoid Fever | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | a- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 0.51 | 0.70 |
| Erysipelas | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 7 | 0.08 | 0.17 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 0.01 | - |
| Dysentery | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 0.07 | - |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0.15 | 0.18 |
| Cerebrospinal Fever | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| Measles | 49 | 34 | 31 | 13 | 23 | 35 | 30 | 42 | 60 | 317 | 3.90 | 8.39 |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | 8 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 25 | 23 | 49 | 42 | 208 | 2.56 | 3.60 |
| Totals | 97 | 68 | 94 | 81 | 72 | 95 | 65 | 114 | 131 | 817 | ||