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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1952. 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 ... ... ... | 269 | 47 | 4 | – | – | 3 | 19 | 20 | 37 | 163 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | |
| Whooping Cough ... ... ... | 367 | 35 | – | – | 35 | 42 | 49 | 41 | 55 | 141 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Poliomyelitis & Polio-encephalitis | 11 | 10 | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Measles ... ... ... ... | 1,768 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 62 | 141 | 186 | 221 | 224 | 874 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 2 | – | – | |
| Diphtheria ... ... ... | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Pneumonia | Acute Influenzal ... | 18 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 10 | 5 |
| Acute Primary ... | 61 | 20 | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | 2 | – | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 6 | |
| Dysentery ... ... ... ... | 47 | 22 | 5 | – | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | – | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Paratyphoid Fever ... ... | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Erysipelas... ... ... ... | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 8 | 7 | |
| Meningococcal Infection ... | 5 | 5 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia ... ... | 118 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 96 | 15 | – | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum ... | 5 | 3 | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scabies ... ... ... ... | 21 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | 4 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 3 | |
| Malaria (Induced) ... ... | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Totals ... ... | 2,720 | 304 | 26 | 3 | 109 | 197 | 262 | 290 | 323 | 1,201 | 72 | 28 | 133 | 48 | 33 | 24 | |