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
Kingston upon Thames 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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| DISEASE | CASES | DEATHS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Age Groups | Age Groups | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 15 - 20 | 20 - 35 | 35 - 45 | 45 - 65 | 65 & over | Total | |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 24 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever including Paratyphoid | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polioencephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 16 | 9 | 1 | — | 28 | 27* | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Opthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 13 | 22 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| B. Dysenteria (Sonne) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 8 | 33 | 35 | 28 | 38 | 66 | 5 | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | 219 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 18 | 40 | 42 | 33 | 47 | 92 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 345 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 13 | 22 | ||
| * These cases were already in hospital at time of notification. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||