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Coulsdon and Purley 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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TABLE I.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1952.
| 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 fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paratyphoid fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 80 | 1 | — | 1 | 8 | 5 | 53 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 17 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 10 | 4 | |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Pneumonia | 21 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Dysentery | 48 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Measles | 170 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 22 | 98 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 25 | 33 | 95 | 9 | 74 | — | 1 |
| Whooping cough | 196 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 34 | 91 | 4 | — | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 21 | 22 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 60 | 4 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Food Poisoning | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 533 | 16 | 19 | 31 | 49 | 61 | 257 | 16 | 6 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 104 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 141 | 77 | 13 | |