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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
Kingston upon Thames 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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Notifiable Diseases during the Year.
| Cases. | Deaths | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year. | 1—2 | 2—3 | 3—4 | 4—5 | 5—10 | 10—15 | 15—20 | 20—35 | 35—45 | 45—65 | 65 & over. | Total Cases Notified | Cases admitted to Hospital | Under 1 year. | 1—2 | 2—3 | 3—4 | 4—5 | 5—10 | 10—15 | I5 — 20 | 20—35 | 35—45 | 45—65 | 65 & over | Total Deaths | |
| Scarlet Fever | – | 3 | 6 | – | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | – | – | 51 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 21 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Enteric Fever including Paratyphoid | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 24 | 4 | – | – | 32 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Anterior Polio-Myelitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| B. Dysenteria (Sonne) | 1 | – | 1 | – | — | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| New Cases. | Deaths | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 year. | 1—5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—35 | 35—45 | 45—55 | 55—65 | 65 & over | Total. | Under 1 year. | 1—5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—35 | 35—45 | 45—55 | 55—65 | 65 & over | Total. | ||||||||
| Tuberculosis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) Respiratory M | – | – | – | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 25 | — | — | — | – | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | |||||||
| F. | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||
| Total | — | I | 2 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 45 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 27 | |||||||
| (b) Non-Respiratory M | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | |||||||
| F | — | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | – | 1 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |||||||