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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 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]

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Table: Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during 1939.

Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during 1939.

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 Fever13115862124843-12197-
Diphtheria--2-12-24---11101
Typhoid Fever-------11---2--
Para typhoid B----1-1-----2--
PuerperalPyrexia--------15---153-
Pneumonia1-21261712111515721620
Erysipelas-----1--1375178-
Dysentery1--213--3--111--
Poliomyelitis-----3-1----431
Cerebro-Spinal Fever1-------111-431
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3-----------3--
Measles--------1---1--
WhoopingCough---1--------1--
London S.F-1-1-321----1010-
cases in the Downs Hospital Dip.--3-36321---1919-

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#Under Column "Died" all deaths, whether notified in the District or outside
it, or not notified at all, are included.

Table: Bacteriological Examinations.—The followingexaminations of specimens were made by direction of the Borough Council:—

Bacteriological Examinations.—The following

examinations of specimens were made by direction of the Borough Council:—

Diphtheria.Enteric.Tuberculosis.
Positive. 31Negative.Positive.Negative.PositiveNegative.
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Diphtheria swabs are also taken by the School
Nurses and sent to the County Laboratory; these are
not included in the above Table.
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