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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1954. 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 | 139 | 13 | – | – | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 81 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | 370 | 19 | 1 | – | 33 | 49 | 51 | 49 | 51 | 124 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | |
| Poliomyelitis & Polio-encephalitis | 14 | 14 | 5 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 6 | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | – | |
| Measles | 434 | 10 | – | – | 10 | 40 | 48 | 45 | 53 | 222 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Pneumonia | Acute Influenzal | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Acute Primary | 32 | 4 | – | – | 2 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |
| Dysentery | 51 | 19 | 2 | – | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 4 | – | 6 | 1 | 2 | – | |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Erysipelas | 25 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | |
| Meningococcal Infection | 9 | 9 | 1 | – | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 92 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 76 | 7 | – | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 1 | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scabies | 14 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Malaria (Induced) | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Totals | 1,202 | 180 | 10 | – | 65 | 102 | 125 | 109 | 132 | 454 | 41 | 13 | 105 | 21 | 20 | 15 | |