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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1948.
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SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED AND DEATHS FROM THESE CAUSES AMONG NOTIFIED CASES
| Disease. | No. of Notifications. | Treated in Hospital. | Found not to be suffering from the Disease. | Deaths of Notified Cases. | Age Distribution of Notifications. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 303 | 64 | 8 | – | 2 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 142 | 51 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | – | |
| Whooping Cough | 545 | 59 | 4 | 3 | 75 | 91 | 101 | 71 | 74 | 124 | 3 | – | 5 | 1 | – | – | |
| Poliomyelitis | 16 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | – | |
| Measles | 1,559 | 68 | 6 | – | 109 | 239 | 201 | 233 | 197 | 547 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | – | |
| Diphtheria | 46 | 46 | 31 | ‡1 | – | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | – | – | |
| Pneumonia | {Acute Influenzal | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| {Acute Primary | 68 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | – | 6 | 5 | 17 | 11 | – | |
| Dysentery | 16 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Erysipelas | 30 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 9 | 9 | 4 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | – | |
| *Puerperal Fever | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 15 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 12 | 2 | – | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 4 | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scabies | 111 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 4 | |
| Malaria | 2† | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | |
| Totals | 2,754 | 300 | 62 | 7 | 206 | 352 | 335 | 348 | 319 | 861 | 102 | 28 | 87 | 39 | 48 | 29 | |
* Ceased to be notifiable July 30th, 1948. ‡ Case not confirmed. † One case induced and one case contracted abroad.