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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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DISTRIBUTION OP NOTIFIABLE DISEASES IN WARDS
| . DISEASE | WARDS | Case Rate per 1000 Fopulatn (Mid-Year) | Case Rate per 1000 England & Wales. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. | N.W. | M.E. | w.c. | E.G. | E. | S.W. | S.E. | S. | Total | |||
| Population | 9336 | 8288 | 9923 | 11797 | " 6829 | 6943 | 5553 | 5312 | 7414 | 71400 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 53 | 48 | 52 | 166 | 43 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 422 | 5.91 | 3.01 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 0.04 | 0.88 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Para-typhoid | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 7 | - | 11 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 0.49 | 1.34 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | 20 | 0.28 | 0.31 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | - | - | 1 | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0.06 | 0.08 |
| Measles | 43 | 49 | 97 | 152 | 71 | 62 | 30 | 46 | 107 | 657 | 9.20 | 9.38 |
| Whooping Hough | 7 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 91 | 1.27 | 2.54 |
| Total | 115 | 108 | 179 | 354 | 128 | 98 | 50 | 75 | 141 | 1248 | ||
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