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 1952
[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:- | 9981 | 9098 | 11454 | 12807 | 7288 | 7633 | 6478 | 5707 | 8854 | 79300 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 3 V | 124 | 1.56 | 1.53 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.01 | |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0. 02 | |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | ~ | 1 | - | - | •-* | - | 14 | 1 | 16 | - | — |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 2 | - | 7 | 41 | 0.52 | 0.72 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 5 | 0.06 | 0.14 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | 16 | 0.20 | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 0.08 | 0.09 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.03 |
| Measles | 64 | 27 | 63 | 78 | 74 | 57 | 20 | 20 | 53 | 456 | 5.75 | 8.86 |
| Whooping Cough | 13 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 67 | 0.84 | 2.61 |
| Totals | 91 | 42 | 116 | 125 | 102 | 108 | 32 | 46 | 70 | 732 | ||