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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. | WARDS. | Case Rate per 1000 Populatn (Midyear) | Case Rate per 1000 England and Wales. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. | N.W. | N.E. | W.C. | E.C. | E. | S.W. | S.E. | S. | Total | |||
| Population | 9119 | 8060 | 9710 | 11760 | 6842 | 6793 | 5388 | 5218 | 7180 | 70070 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 12 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 93 | 1.32 | 1.47 |
| Diphtheria | 10 | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 8 | 30 | 0.42 | 1.25 |
| Para-typhoid | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.04 | 0.09 |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 0.77 | 1.25 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 11 | 0.15 | 0.30 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 8 | - | - |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | - | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 0.05 | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 13 | 0.18 | 0.25 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis | — | 1 | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Measles | 143 | 85 | 87 | 217 | 130 | 66 | 34 | 56 | 101 | 919 | 13.12 | 10.33 |
| Whooping Cough | 47 | 35 | 40 | 59 | 18 | 34 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 276 | 3.94 | 4.39 |
| Total | 225 | 136 | 154 | 315 | 171 | 128 | 56 | 79 | 149 | 1413 | ||
| Diphtheria. | Enteric. | Tuberculosis. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive. | Negative. | Positive. | Negative. | Positive. | Negative. |
| 24 | 293 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 54 |
Diphtheria swabs are also taken by the School
Nurses and sent to the County Laboratory; these are
not included in the above Table.
Non-Notifiable Diseases.— German Measles was
epidemic during the second quarter of the year.
School teachers reported 36 cases of German Measles,
126 cases of Chicken Pox, 80 cases of Mumps, 117
cases of Whooping Cough and 544 cases of Measles.
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