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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING 1948
| DISEASE | CASES | DEATHS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | pases 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 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 34 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever including Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | 1 | — | - | - | - | 1 |
| Polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | 1 | 23 | 6 | - | - | 30 | 29* | — | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorun | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | - | - | _ | - | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | — | - | - | - | _ | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 4 | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | - | - | - | _ | - | - | - | _ | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2(1)* | - | - | - | — | - | — | - | — | - | — | - | — | — |
| B. Dysenteria (Sonne) | = | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | 13 | 29 | 17 | 26 | 20 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 197 | 5(2)* | - | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — |
| Whooping Cough | 17 | 26 | 17 | 22 | 40 | 74 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 200 | 10(1)* | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 33 | 57 | 56 | 54 | 63 | 183 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 487 | 72 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 |
*Number of cases already in hospital at time of notification.