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
Sutton and Cheam 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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| Disease. | Under 1 Year. | 1 Year. | 2 Years. | 3 Years. | 4 Years. | 5 Years. | 10 Years. | 15 Years. | 20 Years. | 35 Years. | 45 Years. | 65 Years. | Totals. | Removed to Hospital. | Died. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | — | 8 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | — | 116 | 87 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Para typhoid B | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 4 | — | — | 11 | 4 | — |
| Pneumonia | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 37 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | l5 | 3 | 1 |
| Dysentery | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 3 | — | 14 | 1 | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | — |
| Therapeutic Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| London S.F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| cases in the Downs Hospital Dip. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — |
*Under Column "Died" all deaths, whether notified in the District or outside
it, or not notified at all, are included.
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