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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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DISTRIBUTION OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES IN WARDS.
| 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 | 9421 | 8365 | 10022 | 11910 | 6909 | 6980 | 5602 | 5330 | 7471 | 72010 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 30 | 10 | 21 | 63 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 150 | 2.08 | 2.19 | |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 14 | 0.19 | 1.05 | |
| Para-Typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 0.37 | 1.07 | |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 0.25 | 0.30 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | - | - | |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | 11 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0.19 | - | ||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0.04 | 0.14 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Measles | 21 | 22 | 39 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 155 | 2.15 | 7.46 | |
| hooping Cough | 1 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 68 | 0.94 | 1.75 | |
| Total | 57 | 40 | 76 | 125 | 29 | 25 | 15 | 33 | 58 | 458 | |||
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