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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1926.
| 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. | 65 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 | 1063 | 1045 | 54 | 32 | 5 | 68 | 6 | 89 | 8 | 98 | 5 | 130 | 7 | 380 | 18 | 145 | 4 | 39 | – | 65 | – | 11 | – | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Soarlet Fever | 840 | 785 | 5 | 11 | – | 22 | – | 50 | 1 | 71 | 1 | 98 | 1 | 307 | 2 | 142 | – | 29 | – | 42 | – | 4 | – | 4 | – | – | – | |
| Enteric Fever | 14 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | 2 | – | 5 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Acute Influenzal | Pneumonia | 62 | 18 | 7 | – | – | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | 6 | – | 12 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Acute Primary | 104 | 35 | 4 | 5 | – | 12 | – | 9 | – | 9 | – | 6 | – | 16 | – | 5 | – | 3 | – | 13 | – | 8 | – | 13 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| Erysipelas | 120 | 57 | 8 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | 4 | 1 | 9 | – | 6 | 1 | 16 | – | 17 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 18 | 3 | |
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Malaria | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Dysentery | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 12 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Continued Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | 4 | – | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Anthrax | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Glanders | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Puerperal Fever | 17 | 16 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Totals | 2263 | 1987 | 86 | 62 | 5 | 107 | 6 | 154 | 9 | 184 | 6 | 239 | 8 | 771 | 21 | 308 | 4 | 87 | 1 | 180 | 6 | 55 | 5 | 86 | 7 | 30 | 8 | |
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