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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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| Disease | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
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| Smallpox | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 125 | 69 | 45 | 29 | 69 | 119 | 124 | 117 | 62 | 71 | 65 | 61 | 39 | 45 | 184 | 88 | 67 | 93 | 78 | 62 | 138 | 149 | 90 | 80 | 118 | 68 | 46 | 41 | 47 | 49 | 132 |
| Diphtheria | 26 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 52 | 35 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 15 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | — | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid fever | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | _ | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Puerperal fever | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 10 | — | 9 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 13 | — | — | |
| Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute encaphalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Pneumonia | 38 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 28 | 20 | 32 | 13 | 30 | 12 | 52 | 19 | 32 | 38 | 27 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 51 | 21 | 44 | 20 | 31 | 36 | 26 | 22 | 10 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Measles | 2 | 11 | 214 | 479 | 275 | 52 | 705 | 41 | 218 | 567 | 600 | 477 | 810 | 170 | 1319 | 9 | 1012 | 82 | 1184 | 103 | 930 | ||||||||||
| Dysentery | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | 1 | 2 | 10 | 85 | 224 | 121 | 21 | 42 | 172 | 82 | 43 | 71 | 14 | 28 | 22 | 48 | 13 | 12 | 98 | 81 | 2 | 141 | |
| Whooping cough | 6 | 1 | 136 | 36 | 55 | 51 | 100 | 31 | 115 | 201 | 42 | 242 | 204 | 196 | 66 | 131 | 64 | 93 | 58 | 41 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Food poisoning | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 74 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis :— Pulmonary | 22 | 38 | 44 | 36 | 44 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 36 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 43 | 39 | 51 | 44 | 38 | 59 | 48 | 57 | 47 | 60 | 42 | 37 | 31 | 47 | 41 | 45 | 31 | 26 |
| Other forms | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 232 | 162 | 135 | 154 | 196 | 235 | 265 | 213 | 197 | 162 | 207 | 323 | 743 | 809 | 632 | 337 | 1137 | 335 | 564 | 990 | 880 | 998 | 1260 | 579 | 1617 | 359 | 1333 | 408 | 1386 | 291 | 1,293 |