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 1941
[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 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 52 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 93 | 73 | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 30 | 28 | 3 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Para-typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 3 | - |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 54 | 12 | 39 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3 | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 13 | 12 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Measles | 10 | 48 | 63 | 76 | 109 | 513 | 50 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 1 | - | 919 | 7 | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 16 | 25 | 44 | 37 | 31 | 108 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 276 | 12 | 3 |
| London S.F cases in Dip. the Meas. Downs W.C. Hospital | - | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 25 | 23 | - |
| - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 16 | 16 | - | |
| 7 | 36 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 108 | 108 | - | |
| 3 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 55 | 52 | - |
*Under Column "Died" all deaths, whether notified in the District or outside
it, or not notified at all, are included.
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