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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1957. 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 | 133 | 15 | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 71 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | 334 | 15 | – | – | 24 | 42 | 48 | 49 | 27 | 129 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | – | |
| (1) Poliomyelitis & Polio-encephalitis | 11 | 10 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | |
| Measles | 2,866 | 31 | – | 1 | 73 | 287 | 355 | 360 | 430 | 1,312 | 32 | 4 | 13 | – | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Pneumonia | Acute Influenzal | 18 | 8 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 8 | 4 |
| Acute Primary | 59 | 9 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 10 | 5 | 18 | 11 | |
| (2) Dysentery | 79 | 5 | 2 | – | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 5 | – | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Erysipelas | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| (3) Meningococcal Infection | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (4) Puerperal Pyrexia | 141 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 101 | 15 | – | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scabies | 21 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Totals | 13,677 | 232 | 6 | 1 | 108 | 345 | 417 | 438 | 479 | 1,543 | 67 | 36 | 150 | 33 | 41 | 20 | |
(2) In addition, 2 cases of Camberwell residents were diagnosed in hospitals outside the Borough.
(3) One case of a Camberwell resident with Meningococcal Infection was diagnosed in hospital outside the Borough.
(4) Includes 46 cases of non-residents occurring in hospitals in this Borough, and in addition 19 cases of Camberwell residents were diagnosed in
hospitals outside the Borough.