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Coulsdon and Purley 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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TABLE I.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1937.
| Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases notified in each Ward. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Coulsdon East. | Coulsdon West. | Kenley. | Purley. | 1 Sanderstead. | Selsdon and Farleigh. | Woodcote. | ||||||||||||||
| Under X 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 3nd under 20. | 20 and under 35. | 35 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and over. | |||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 62 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | — | 7 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 50 | — | |
| Diphtheria | 8 | _ | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | _ | _ | - | _ | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 8 | — |
| Enteric Fever | 26 | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | _ | 2 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | _ |
| Pneumonia | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | _ | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 6 | — | 1 | 6 | _ | 1 | _ | *16 |
| Puerperal Fever. . | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | — | _ | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | _ | - | - | - | 5 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | - | _ | _ | 1 | _ | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Polio-encephalitis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | _ | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Polio-myelitis | 3 | — | - | 1 | 1 | - | _ | 1 | - | _ | - | _ | - | - | 2 | 1 | _ | - | _ | — | 3 | _ |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | - |
| Totals | 154 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 31 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 29 | 45 | 7 | 17 | 39 | 7 | 10 | 87 | 22 |
* All forms.
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