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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1937. SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED AND DEATHS FROM THESE CAUSES AMONG NOTIFIED CASES CLASSIFIED IN AGE GROUPS.
| Disease. | Total Cases Notified. | Admitted to Hospital. | Found to be not suffering from the Disease. | Deaths of notified cases. | Notifications and Age Distributions. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 346 | 364 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 39 | 27 | 157 | 40 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 2 | – | |
| Scarlet Fever | 424 | 364 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 47 | 48 | 173 | 63 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 1 | – | |
| Enteric Fever & Para-typhoid | 7 | 7 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Pneumonia | Acute Influenzal | 50 | 27 | – | 10 | 2 | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 2 |
| Acute Primary | 103 | 59 | – | 15 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 11 | |
| Erysipelas | 79 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 14 | |
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 14 | 14 | – | †6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | – | – | |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Malaria (induced) | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | |
| Dysentery | 21 | 17 | – | ‡1 | – | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | – | – | 4 | 1 | – | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 16 | 9 | – | 1 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Puerperal Fever | 17 | 17 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 11 | 4 | – | – | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 23 | 22 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 18 | 3 | – | – | |
| Continued Fever | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Totals | 1,106 | 936 | 69 | 55 | 40 | 41 | 56 | 98 | 83 | 344 | 110 | 58 | 121 | 45 | 83 | 27 | |
† Case confirmed as Dysentery, but died of another cause.
† Including 2 cases not confirmed as C.S.M.