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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1955. 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 | 97 | 8 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 55 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | 138 | 6 | – | – | 11 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 55 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | |
| (1) Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis | 25 | 25 | 8 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | |
| Measles | 2,677 | 44 | 2 | – | 81 | 286 | 326 | 388 | 371 | 1,175 | 32 | 6 | 10 | 2 | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 286 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (2) Pneumonia | Acute Influenzal | 14 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | 3 |
| Acute Primary | 50 | 12 | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 10 | |
| Dysentery | 98 | 20 | 2 | – | 9 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Erysipelas | 20 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | |
| (3) Meningococcal Infection | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |
| (4) Puerperal Pyrexia | 103 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 78 | 11 | – | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scabies | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Malaria (Induced) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Totals | 3,256 | 225 | 14 | – | 106 | 326 | 365 | 432 | 412 | 1,330 | 57 | 33 | 122 | 33 | 21 | 19 | |
(1) Includes one case of a non-resident occurring in a hospital in this Borough, and in addition 32 cases of Camberwell residents occurred in hospitals
outside the Borough and were notified to the Medical Officer of Health for the area in which the hospitals were situated.
(2) In addition, 5 cases of Camberwell residents were diagnosed in hospitals outside the Borough.
(3) In addition, 2 cases of Camberwell residents were diagnosed in hospitals outside the Borough.
(4) Includes 48 cases of non-residents occurring in hospitals in this Borough, and in addition 24 cases of Camberwell residents were diagnosed in hospitals
outside the Borough.