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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1964. 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 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | Under 1 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 10 to 15 | 5 to 10 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 109 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 69 | 13 | – | – | 1 | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | 45 | – | – | – | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | 791 | 1 | – | – | 39 | 101 | 127 | 128 | 101 | 285 | 4 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Pheumonia | (Acute Influenzal | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| (Acute Primary | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | |
| Dysentery | 38 | 1 | 22 | – | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | – | 9 | 3 | – | 8 | 2 | 3 | – | |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever | 5 | 5 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Erysinelas | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| (1) Meningococcal Infection | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| (2) Puerperal Pyrexia | 130 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 100 | 8 | – | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scabies | 16 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
(1) Includes one case of a Camberwell Residents that occurred in a hospital outside the Borough
(2) Includes 41 cases of a non-residentd occurring in hospitals in Caraberwell, also 5 cases of Camberwell
residents that occurred in hospitals outside the Borough.