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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1963. 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 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 67 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | 173 | – | – | – | 18 | 24 | 19 | 24 | 19 | 60 | 8 | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | 1962 | – | – | – | 93 | 233 | 298 | 270 | 262 | 781 | 16 | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Pneumonia | (Acute Influenzal | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| (Acute Primary | 32 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | |
| (1) Dysentery | 220 | 5 | 117 | – | 14 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 11 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 40 | 16 | 10 | 6 | |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Erysipelas | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| (2) Meningococcal Infection | 3 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (3) Puerperal Pyrexia | 163 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 28 | 121 | 13 | – | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scabies | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Totals | 2645 | 156 | 120 | – | 128 | 277 | 345 | 323 | 297 | 925 | 48 | 47 | 178 | 32 | 29 | 16 | |
(1) Includes 4 cases of Camberwell residents which occurred in hospitals outside the Borough.
(2) Includes 1 case of a Camberwell resident which was diagnosed in a hospital outside the Borough.
(3) Includes 59 cases of non-residents occurring in hospitals in Camberwell, also 5 cases of Camberwell
residents that occurred in hospitals outside the Borough.