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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1953. 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 | 219 | 26 | – | – | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 138 | 13 | 4 | 3 | – | 1 | – | |
| Whooping Cough | 459 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 61 | 71 | 59 | 63 | 157 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Poliomyelitis & Polio-encephalitis | 23 | 23 | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | |
| Measles | 1,310 | 25 | – | – | 37 | 159 | 185 | 181 | 200 | 532 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Pneumonia | Acute Influenzal | 22 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| Acute Primary | 59 | 4 | – | – | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 12 | |
| Dysentery | 50 | 27 | 5 | – | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Erysipelas | 26 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | |
| Meningococcal Infection | 11 | 11 | 5 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 139 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 13 | 113 | 13 | – | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 3 | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scabies | 9 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Malaria (Induced) | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Totals | 2,341 | 307 | 18 | 4 | 98 | 237 | 278 | 271 | 289 | 863 | 34 | 28 | 151 | 36 | 30 | 26 | |