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. | WARDS. | Case Rate per 1000 Populatn (Mid-Year) | Case Rate per 1000 England and Wales. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. | N W. | N.E. | W.C. | E.C. | E. | S.W. | S.E. | S. | Total | |||
| Population | 10205 | 8772 | 10255 | 12839 | 7494 | 7051 | 5563 | 5755 | 7646 | 75580 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 20 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 116 | 1.53 | 2.41 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 12 | 0.16 | 1.58 |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 .00 | 0.03 |
| ,, Para B | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | — | 1 | 5 | 29 | 0.38 | 1.10 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | 15 | 0.20 | 0.40 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0.14 | — |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 14 | 0.19 | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0.01 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0.01 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | — |
| Therapeutic Malaria | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Total | 32 | 11 | 31 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 204 | ||