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Coulsdon and Purley 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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TABLE I.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1949.
| 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. | J 4 and under 5. | 5 and under 10. | 10 and under 15. | J 15 and under 20. | 20 and under 35. | 35 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and over. | JCoulsdon East. | Coulsdon West. | Purler. | Kenley. | Sanderstead. | Selsdon and Farleigh. | Woodcote. | ||
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Paratyphoid fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 138 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 82 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 31 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 14 | 6 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 9 | _ | __ | 1 | _ | — | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 1 | |
| Measles | 600 | 17 | 40 | 70 | 64 | 65 | 319 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 112 | 15 | 169 | 17 | 209 | 72 | 6 |
| Whooping cough | 42 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 7 |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Totals | 818 | 19 | 49 | 83 | 80 | 82 | 422 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 174 | 60 | 192 | 30 | 253 | 89 | 20 |