London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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TABLE I.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1948.
| Disease. | At all ages. | Number of cases notified. At Ages—Years. | Total cases notified in each Ward. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Purley. | Kenley. | Sanderstead. | Selsdon and Farleigh. | Woodcote. | ||
| Diptheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid fever | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |||||
| Scarlet fever | 62 | - | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | ||||||
| Pneumonia | 13 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | 2 | |
| Dysentery | 71 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 14 | 13 | 25 | 18 | 68 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |||
| Measles | 567 | 23 | 51 | 42 | 56 | 200 | 165 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 110 | 131 | 49 | 35 | 120 | 74 | 48 |
| Whooping cough | 201 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 35 | 75 | 5 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 89 | 29 | 6 |
| Totals | 929 | 45 | 77 | 64 | 82 | 240 | 283 | 30 | 12 | 22 | 20 | 32 | 22 | 215 | 160 | 71 | 71 | 239 | 113 | 60 |