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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 1944
[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 Populatn (Mid-Year) | Case Rata per 1000 England & Wales | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. | N.E. | N.E. | W.C. | E.C. | E. | S.W. | S.E. | S. | Total | |||
| Population | 8683 | 7801 | 9391 | 11058 | 6526 | 6581 | 5241 | 5085 | 6994 | 67360 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 52 | 38 | 23 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 193 | 2.76 | 2.40 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 0.06 | 0.58 |
| Typhoid | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
| Para-typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.01 | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 7 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 6 | 20 | 0.29 | 0.97 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0.21 | 0.29 | ||
| Dysentery | 2 | 2 | - | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 13 | 02 0 | |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | |||
| Cerebrospinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | 0.05 | ||
| Measles | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 0.40 | 4.16 | |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 88 | 1.31 | 2.49 | |
| Total | 60 | 46 | 52 | 90 | 31 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 38 | 369 | ||