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Coulsdon and Purley 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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TABLE I.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1938.
| Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases notified in each Ward. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—-Years. | Coulsdon East. | Coulsdon West. | Purley. | Kenley. | Sanderstead. | Selsdon and Farleigh. | Woodcote. | |||||||||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 71 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | 11 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 59 | - |
| Diphtheria | 10 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | 5 | - | 10 | - |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Eryspelas | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pneumonia | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | *15 |
| Dysentery | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Polio-myelitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Totals | 120 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 46 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 78 | 15 |
* All forms.