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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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TABLE III.—INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED EACH YEAR SINCE 1917.
| Disease. | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 20 | 10 | 55 | 129 | 136 | 59 | 40 | 58 | 35 | 48 | 74 | 94 | 125 | 69 | 45 | 29 | 69 | 119 | 124 | 117 | 62 | 71 |
| Diphtheria | 17 | 4 | 26 | 44 | 62 | 70 | 27 | 101 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 52 | 35 | 8 | 10 |
| Erysipelas | 12 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever | 18 | 73 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 5 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 5 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 |
| Polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 12 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | - | - | 18 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 16 | 11 | - | 9 | 7 | 38 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 28 | 20 | 32 | 13 | 30 | 12 |
| Malaria | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 468 | 33 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 17 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Chicken Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 17 | 25 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 29 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 19 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 38 | 44 | 36 | 44 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 36 | 32 |
| Other Forms | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Totals | 561 | 158 | 194 | 237 | 246 | 218 | 129 | 235 | 114 | 113 | 153 | 174 | 232 | 162 | 135 | 154 | 196 | 235 | 265 | 213 | 197 | 162 |