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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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DISTRIBUTION OP NOTIFIABLE DISEASES IN WARDS
| DISEASE | WARDS | Case Rate per 1000 Populatn (Mid-Year) | Case Rate per 1000 England & Wa1es | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. | N.W. | N.E. | W.C. | E.C. | E. | S .W. | S.E. | S. | Total | |||
| Population | 10487 | 9325 | 112 60 | 13137 | 7713 | 7866 | 6279 | 6073 | 8450 | 80590 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 22 | 12 | 15 | 63 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 61 | 11 | 162 | 2.01 | 1.37 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.02 | 0.13 |
| Typhoid | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Fara-typhoid | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 0.32 | 0.79 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0.05 | 0.19 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0.04 | - |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 0.29 | - |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Feasles | 13 | 32 | 29 | 49 | 26 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 223 | 2.74 | 9.41 |
| Whooping Cough | 12 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 33 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 149 | 1.85 | 2.22 |
| Total | 53 | 53 | 64 | 137 | 66 | 75 | 48 | 48 | 62 | 606 | ||