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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1961 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 | 51 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | 91 | – | – | – | 6 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 28 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | |
| (1) Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis | 2 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | 2741 | 5 | *6 | 1 | 97 | 312 | 398 | 430 | 383 | 1056 | 37 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | – | |
| Diphtheria | 22 | 15 | *6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 14 | 4 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Pneumonia | (Acute Influenzal | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| ( Acute Primary | 26 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 4 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| (2) Dysentery | 30 | 6 | 18 | – | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | – | |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| (3) Meningococcal Infection | 6 | 6 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| (4) Puerperal Pyrexia | 139 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 110 | 12 | 1 | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scabies | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | |
| Totals | 3139 | 173 | 24 | 1 | 111 | 332 | 422 | 451 | 406 | 1131 | 56 | 27 | 140 | 29 | 18 | 16 | |
"These were not clinical cases, but were found to be harbouring the diphtheria organism ('carriers').
(1) Two cases of Camberwell residents occurred in hospitals outside the Borough and were notified to the
medical officers of health for the respective boroughs.
(2) Includes one case of a non-resident and one case of a Camberwell resident which occurred in a hospital
outside the Borough.
(3) Includes three cases of Camberwell residents that were diagnosed in hospitals outside the Borough and
were notified to the Medical Officer of Health for those Boroughs.
(4) Includes 36 cases of non-residents occuring in hospitals in this Borough, also four cases of Camberwell
residents that occurred in hospitals outside the Borough.