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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1951. SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED AND DEATHS FROM THESE CAUSES AMONG NOTIFIED CASES
| Disease. | No. of Notifications. | Treated in Hospital. | Found not to be suffering from the Disease. | Deaths of Notified Cases. | Age Distribution of Notifications. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 180 | 26 | 4 | – | 3 | 13 | 15 | 31 | 95 | 16 | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | ||
| Whooping Cough | 300 | 43 | 2 | – | 46 | 36 | 49 | 48 | 54 | 57 | 5 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | |
| Poliomyelitis & Polio-encephalitis | 9 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | |
| Measles | 12,141 | 38 | 2 | – | 77 | 219 | 305 | 354 | 395 | 759 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 2 | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | 12 | 12 | 12 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | – | |
| Pneumonia- | Acute Influenzal | 53 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 20 |
| Acute Primary | 74 | 16 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | – | 7 | 13 | 24 | 15 | |
| Dysentery | 55 | 20 | 2 | – | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Erysipelas | 19 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | |
| Meningococcal Infection | 13 | 13 | 8 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 60 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 47 | 7 | – | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 1 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scabies | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | |
| Malaria | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | |
| Totals | 12,940 | 243 | 32 | 1 | 135 | 268 | 377 | 433 | 487 | 942 | 49 | 29 | 88 | 36 | 55 | 41 | |