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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
Camberwell 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE NO. 4. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES, 1924.
| Disease. | Total Cases Notified. | Admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths. | Age Distributions. Notifications and Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 165 and upwards | |||||||||||||||||
| Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | Notifications. | Deaths. | |||||
| Small Pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Cholera, Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 831 | 813 | 42 | 26 | 4 | 49 | 3 | 61 | 7 | 112 | 4 | 112 | 9 | 251 | 9 | 102 | 4 | 47 | – | 56 | 2 | 10 | – | 5 | – | – | – | |
| Scarlet Fever | 598 | 539 | 8 | 11 | – | 23 | – | 33 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 70 | – | 240 | 3 | 91 | – | 30 | – | 33 | – | 9 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Enteric Fever | 10 | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Puerperal Fever | 15 | 13 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Acute Influenzal | Pneumonia | 41 | 9 | 15 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 5 | – | 4 | – | 2 | – | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Acute Primary | 133 | 30 | – | 24 | – | 25 | – | 18 | – | 11 | – | 10 | – | 9 | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 13 | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 3 | – | |
| Erysipelas | 109 | 49 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 4 | – | 3 | – | 6 | – | 5 | – | 9 | – | 10 | – | 19 | – | 36 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 4 | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Malaria | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | – | |
| Dysentery | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 31 | 16 | 3 | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 5 | – | 3 | – | 4 | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 5 | – | – | – | |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Continued Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 35 | 12 | – | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Anthrax | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Glanders | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Tuberculosis:- | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | M. | 238 | 351 | 152 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 2 | 5 | – | 27 | 8 | 97 | 46 | 42 | 34 | 53 | 56 | 7 | 4 |
| F. | 180 | 188 | 114 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 85 | 53 | 28 | 20 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 5 | |
| Total | 416 | 539 | 266 | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 7 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 53 | 21 | 182 | 99 | 70 | 54 | 78 | 75 | 11 | 9 | |
| Non-Pulmonary | M. | 73 | 49 | 25 | – | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | – | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | – |
| F. | 70 | 63 | 18 | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 13 | – | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | – | 1 | |
| Total | 143 | 112 | 43 | – | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 20 | – | 14 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |