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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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DISTRIBUTION OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES IN WARDS
(DISTRICT CASES)
| DISEASE | WARDS | Case Rate per 1000 Populatn (Mid-Year) | Case Rate per 1000 England & Wales | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. | N.W. | N.E. | W.C. | E.C. | E. | S.W. | S.E. | S. | Total | |||
| Population | 10558 | 9227 | 11325 | 13186 | 7690 | 7823 | 6686 | 6077 | 8748 | 81320 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 28 | 9 | 24 | 38 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 152 | 1.88 | 1.73 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | - | - | 1 | — | - | - | — | — | 2 | 0.02 | 0.08 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Para-typhoid Fever | - | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 7 | — | — | 2 | 13 | 0.16 | 0.73 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0.12 | 0.21 |
| Dysentory | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | _ | — | — | — | 3 | 9 | 0.11 | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 0.02 | 0.04 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 2 | - | 1 | — | — | — | _ | — | — | 3 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Measles | 101 | 56 | 59 | 184 | 106 | 98 | 52 | 68 | 84 | 808 | 9.92 | 9.34 |
| Whooping Cough | 10 | 11 | 35 | 16 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 142 | 1.75 | 3.42 |
| Totals | 144 | 78 | 123 | 244 | 148 | 133 | 67 | 84 | 122 | 1143 | ||