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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
Coulsdon and Purley 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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TABLE I.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1935. ^
| Disease, | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases notified in each Ward. | Total Cases removed to Hospital | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | Coulsdon East. | Coulsdon West. | Kenley. | Purley. | Sanderstead. | Selsdon and Farleigh. | Woodcote. | |||||||||||||||
| At all Ages. | Under 1 Year | 1 and under i | 2 and under 3. | 3 and under 4. | 4 und under 5. | 5 and under 10. | 10 and under 15 | 15 and under 20. | 20 and under 35. | 35 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and over. | ||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 124 | – | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 39 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 38 | 79 | – |
| Diphtheria | 52 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | – | 4 | 38 | 7 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 48 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | – | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | — | — | – |
| Dysentery | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | — | – |
| Pneumonia | 32 | – | 1 | –1 | – | – | – | 1 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 12 | – | 2 | 6 | 2 | – | 1 | *15 | |
| Totals | 230 | – | 4 | 3 | 9 i | 9 | 1 67 | 55 | 13 | 27 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 26 | 90 | 21 | 15 | 26 | 12 | 40 | 131 | 18 |
* All forms.
The above figures include:—
Cane Hill Mental Hospital.—5 Scarlet Fever, 4 Erysipelas, 10 Pneumonia and 6 Dysentery.
Nethekne Mental Hospital.—1 Erysipelas, 8 Pneumonia and 1 Puerperal Pyrexia.
Reedham Orphanage.—5 Scarlet Fever.
Russell Hill Schools.—29 Scarlet Fever.