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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING 1951.
| Disease | Under 1 | Age in Years | Over 65 | Totals | Removed to Hospital | Died * | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 45 | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | 4 | 9 | 11 | 69 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 109 | 47 | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 68 | 7 | 29 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | 5 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 79 | 5 | - |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 4 | - |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 23 | 108 | 141 | 197 | 301 | 683 | 29 | 6 | 18 | 1 | - | 1 | 1408 | 18 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 24 | 31 | 30 | 44 | 51 | 145 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 346 | 4 | - |
| London Cases in the Downs Residential Nursery | |||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Dysentery | - | 8 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | 27 | 27 | - |
| Measles | 1 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 5 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | |
* Under column "Died", all deaths, whether notified in the district or outside it, or not notified at all, are Included.
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