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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1949. 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 | 348 | 62 | 8 | – | – | 8 | 19 | 47 | 33 | 216 | 15 | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | 232 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 33 | 50 | 32 | 28 | 59 | 6 | – | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Poliomyelitis & Polio-encephalitis | 37 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | – | – | |
| Measles | 1,202 | 29 | 2 | – | 68 | 164 | 189 | 175 | 157 | 416 | 17 | 6 | 9 | – | 1 | – | |
| Diphtheria | 32 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | – | 5 | 4 | 4 | – | |
| Pneumonia | Acute Influenzal | 29 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| Acute Primary | 48 | 3 | – | – | 2 | 5 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 1 | |
| Dysentery | 12 | 9 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | |
| Erysipelas | 33 | 10 | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | 22 | 2 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 29 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 20 | 5 | – | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scabies | 84 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 4 | |
| Malaria | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Totals | 2,107 | 246 | 56 | 5 | 105 | 217 | 275 | 269 | 229 | 731 | 59 | 25 | 86 | 37 | 62 | 12 | |