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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING 1952 .
| 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 | _ | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 77 | 12 | 3 | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | 124 | 47 | _ |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 2 | - | - | 16 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 41 | 4 | 30 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 16 | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 5 | - |
| Cerebro spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 7 | 46 | 37 | 49 | 66 | 232 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ~ | - | 456 | 11 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 33 | " | " | " | " | 67 | 2 | |||
| London Cases in the Downs Residential Nursery | |||||||||||||||
| Dysentery | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | _ | _ | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | - | 27 | 23 | - |
| Measles | 6 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 24 | ||||||
| * Under column "Died", all deaths, whether notified In the district or outside It, or not notified at all, are included. | |||||||||||||||