London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1949
[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 1,000 Population (Mid-Year) | Case Rate per 1,000 England and Wales | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. | N.W. | N.E. | W.C. | E.C. | E. | S.W. | S.E. | S. | Total | |||
| Population | 10455 | 9198 | 11307 | 13123 | 7631 | 7751 | 6728 | 6066 | 9001 | 81260 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 25 | 44 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 167 | 2.C6 | 1.63 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.04 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Para-typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 0.60 | 0.80 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 0.04 | 0.19 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | - |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 6 | 0.07 | 0.13 |
| Cerebrospinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Measles | 17 | 20 | 58 | 90 | 46 | 44 | 32 | 20 | 40 | 367 | 4.52 | 8.95 |
| Whooping Cough | 9 | 22 | 35 | 41 | 43 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 219 | 2.69 | 2.39 |
| Totals | 53 | 87 | 117 | 155 | 123 | 95 | 59 | 51 | 78 | 818 | ||