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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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TABLE I.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1936. |
| Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases notified in each Ward. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| At all Ages. | Under 1 Year. | 1 and under 2 | 2 and under 3. | 3 and under 4. | 4 and 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. | Coulsdon East. | Coulsdon West. | Kenley. | Purley. | j Sanderstead. | Selsdon and Farleigh | Woodcote. | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 117 | - | 1 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 9,4 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 4 | - | 13 | 64 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 102 | ||
| Diphtheria | 35 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 24 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | - | 35 | 2 |
| Typhoid Fever | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - |
| Erysipelas | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Pneumonia | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | *18 | |
| Totals | 183 | 1 | 2 | 2 9 | 11 | 55 | 36 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 101 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 144 | 22 | |
* All forms.
The above figures include:—
Cane Hill Mental Hospital.—Scarlet Fever 2, Erysipelas 2, Pneumonia 6.
Netherne Mental Hospital.—Erysipelas 3.
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