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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING 1946
| Disease | Under 1 Year | 1 Year | 2 Years | 3 Years | 4 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | 15 Years | 20 Years | 3 5 Years | 45 Years | 65 Years | Totals | Removed to Hospital | x Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 94 | 65 | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 21 | 21 | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Para-typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | - | - | 7 | 3 | - |
| Pneumonia | —- | 2 | 4 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 8 | 44 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Measles | 5 | 23 | 24 | 37 | 30 | 102 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 232 | 10 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 124 | 4 | - |
| London Cases in the Downs Hospital. | |||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 17 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | 36 | 36 | |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Dysentery | 12 | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 28 | 28 | |
| Pneumonia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Measles | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 12 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 19 | _ |
x Under Column "Died" all deaths, whether notified in the
district or outside it, or not notified at all, are
included.
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