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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES. TABLE OF NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED AND DEATHS FROM THESE CAUSES.
| Disease. | Total Cases Notified. | Admitted to Hospital. | Notifications and Age Distributions. | Discharged from Hospital as not suffering from the Disease. | 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. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | ||||||
| Small Pox | 18 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 520 | 505 | 4 | 26 | 46 | 56 | 39 | 202 | 86 | 22 | 30 | 7 | 2 | – | 21 | 20 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 916 | 789 | 6 | 25 | 52 | 75 | 107 | 331 | 179 | 55 | 71 | 12 | 3 | – | 32 | 4 | |
| Enteric Fever & Para-typhoid | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Pneumonia | Acute Influenzal | 28 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | – | 4 |
| Acute Primary | 179 | 102 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 33 | 12 | – | 16 | |
| Erysipelas | 143 | 90 | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 47 | 30 | – | 3 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 6* | |
| Poliomyelitis | 5 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Malaria | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1† | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 20 | 4 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Puerperal Fever | 16 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 2 | – | – | – | 3‡ | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 37 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 30 | 6 | – | – | – | 2 | |
| Anthrax | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Totals | 1,892 | 1,579 | 53 | 64 | 116 | 142 | 157 | 567 | 281 | 97 | 200 | 75 | 93 | 47 | 54 | 60 | |
*In one instance certified cause of death was T.B. Meningitis
† Included in Registrar-General 's classification of deaths.
‡ Includes one case notified after death.