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Camberwell 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1938. SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED AND DEATHS FROM THESE CAUSES AMONG NOTIFIED CASES CLASSIFIED IN AGE GROUPS.
| Disease. | Total Cases Notified. | Treated in 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 | 439 | 432 | 45 | 20 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 29 | 44 | 190 | 76 | 26 | 29 | 7 | 1 | – | |
| Scarlet Fever | 562 | 479 | 34 | – | 2 | 23 | 26 | 39 | 52 | 269 | 85 | 31 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| *Measles | 12 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| *Whooping Cough | 38 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Enteric Fever & Para-typhoid | 4 | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Pneumonia | Acute Influenzal | 33 | 15 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
| Acute Primary | 117 | 84 | – | 12 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 29 | 10 | |
| Erysipelas | 107 | 70 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 39 | 24 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 6 | 6 | – | †2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 39 | – | |
| Poliomyelitis | 5 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |
| Malaria (induced) | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Dysentery | 21 | 20 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | 6 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 22 | 14 | – | 1 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Puerperal Fever | 14 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 5 | 1 | – | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 44 | 44 | – | ‡1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 41 | 2 | – | – | |
| Totals | 1,426 | 1,208 | 87 | 42 | 49 | 59 | 62 | 84 | 112 | 489 | 167 | 74 | 151 | 48 | 87 | 44 | |
*Notifiable from October 1st, 1938.
One ease not from C.S.M.
Not from Puerperal causes.