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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1927.
| Disease. | Total Cases Notified. | Admitted to Hospital | Notifications and Age Distributions. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2to 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. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications | Notifications | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | ||||
| Small Pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Cholera, Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 768 | 728 | 16 | 36 | 45 | 67 | 96 | 312 | 98 | 37 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 666 | 589 | 2 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 77 | 278 | 135 | 36 | 36 | 8 | 2 | – | |
| Enteric Fever | 12 | 11 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | |
| Acute Influenzal | Pneumonia | 77 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 9 |
| Acute Primary | 131 | 30 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 10 | |
| Erysipelas | 116 | 48 | 2 | – | – | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 47 | 16 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Poliomyelitis | 4 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Malaria | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Dysentery | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 8 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | 1 | – | |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Continued Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 25 | 10 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Anthrax | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Glanders | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | – | – | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 41 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 37 | 4 | – | – | |
| Totals | 1863 | 1495 | 56 | 74 | 94 | 136 | 185 | 621 | 244 | 97 | 176 | 51 | 93 | 36 | |