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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 1935
[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. | ||||||
| Diphtheria and Croup | 363 | 359 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 38 | 50 | 125 | 53 | 15 | 35 | 1 | 2 | – | 30 | 20 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 605 | 521 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 55 | 63 | 234 | 83 | 43 | 48 | 12 | 4 | – | 31 | 1 | |
| Enteric Fever & Para-typhoid | 8 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | *2 | – | |
| Pneumonia | Acute Influenzal | 41 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | – | 15 | 3 | – | 3 |
| Acute Primary | 117 | 66 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 22 | 10 | – | 16 | |
| Erysipelas | 117 | 73 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 43 | 24 | – | 3 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 5 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | †3 | |
| Poliomyelitis | 5 | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ††1 | |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Dysentery | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 12 | 4 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | §1 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 33 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 27 | 5 | – | – | – | 3 | |
| Totals | 1,317 | 1,101 | 39 | 38 | 70 | 98 | 120 | 384 | 154 | 76 | 156 | 57 | 88 | 37 | 65 | 51 | |
* Includes one case subsequently diagnosed as dysentery.
In one instance certified cause of death was T.B. meningitis.
Certified cause of death was abscess in Tempero Sphenoidal region of right side. Leptothrix formed in C.S.I. Bronchitis.
§ Certified cause of death (a) Pyaemia, (b) Palpebral Abscess.