Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1936. Showing Distribution or Cases in Wards.
Disease. | WARDS. | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |||
Diphtheria and Croup | 19 | 37 | 34 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 278 | |
Scarlet Fever | 36 | 42 | 49 | 39 | 31 | 44 | 66 | 43 | 40 | 27 | 22 | 46 | 22 | 26 | 43 | 36 | 35 | 38 | 33 | 4 | 722 | |
Enteric Fever and Para-typhoid | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | |
Pneumonia | Acute Influenzal | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | – | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 41 |
Acute Primary | 9 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 107 | |
Erysipelas | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 89 | |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 6 | |
Poliomyelitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
Malaria (induced) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Dysentery | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
Encephalitis Lethargica | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 13 | |
Puerperal Fever | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 7 | |
Puerperal Pyrexia | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 15 | |
Totals | 75 | 104 | 102 | 75 | 59 | 86 | 102 | 90 | 66 | 37 | 38 | 77 | 29 | 63 | 77 | 54 | 49 | 52 | 42 | 12 | 1,289 |
*Includes three non-notified deaths.
† One instance certified cause of death was Pneumococcal Meningitis.
† One non-notified death from Polio-encephalitis. (P.M.)
§ One non-notified death (P.M.) and one old case previously known.
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