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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 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]

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Table: NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING 1947

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING 1947

DiseaseUnder 1 Year1 Year2 Years3 Years4 Years5 Years10 Years15 Years 20 Years35 Years45 Years65 YearsTotalsRemoved to HospitalDied
Scarlet Fever--514776427551-162931
Diphtheria------11---22-
Typhoid Fever-----------111-
Para-typhoid1-----------11-
Puerperal Pyrexia--------43--7--
Pneumonia--21-11-2510426142
Erysipelas--------121-41-
Dysentery-----1--2---31-
Poliomyelitis-1-22242101--24212
Cerebro-spinal Fever1-----11-1--44-
Measles914222525108104321-2231211
Whooping Cough151428171059411---149161
London Cases in the Downs Hospital,
Scarlet Fever242--1-1----1010-
Poliomyelitis-1-----4----55-
| Measles----12------33-

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Under Column "Died" all deaths, whether notified in
the district or outside it, or not notified at all,
are included,

Table: BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONSThe following examinations of specimens were made by direction of the Borough Council.

BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS

The following examinations of specimens were made by direction of the Borough Council.

DiphtheriaEntericTuberculosis
PositiveNegativePositiveNegativePositiveNegative
194431626

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Diphtheria swabs are also taken by the School Nurses and sent
to the County Laboratory; these are not included in the above table.
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