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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 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]

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Table: TABLE I.CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1950.

TABLE I.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1950.

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.
Diphtheria--------------------
Typhoid fever1-------------------
Paratyphoid fever—-----———-——-—------
Scarlet fever149--1141896142211-17204015789?n
Erysipelas44-—2--1-1
Puerperal pyrexia2---—————11—-—1—1—
Pneumonia23---1—512—5722442227
Dysentery28--------36118225—1---
Cerebro-spinal fever—---——————————----——
Poliomyelitis10---—2—21311—411—211
Measles47731539586428591—12—381816051215418
Whooping cough2421316283644972231——603135566405
Malaria1—————————1————1-—--
Ophthalmia neonatorum11------------------
Food poisoning6~11——2-113——12——
Totals ...944173169109128484288141728111277661413077710652