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 1951
[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 | 10157 | 8920 | 11335 | 12737 | 7401 | 7621 | 6608 | 5934 | 8807 | 79520 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 12 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 109 | 1.37 | 1.11 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 6 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 68 | 0.85 | 0.99 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 0.05 | 0.14 |
| Dysentery | 1 | - | 25 | 4 | 16 | 24 | - | 1 | 8 | 79 | 0.99 | - |
| Poliomyelitis | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 0.08 | 0.05 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.03 |
| Measles | 54 | 45 | 244 | 207 | 207 | 213 | 117 | 356 | 165 | 1408 | 17.70 | 14.07 |
| Whooping Cough | 34 | 19 | 50 | 47 | 52 | 53 | 37 | 17 | 37 | 346 | 4.35 | 3.87 |
| TOTALS | 104 | 74 | 348 | 301 | 286 | 323 | 168 | 191 | 235 | 2030 | ||