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 1953
[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 1000 England and Wales | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. | N.W. | N.E. | W.C. | E.C. | E. | S.W. | S.E. | S. | TOTAL | |||
| Population:- | 9890 | 9048 | 11382 | 12757 | 7154 | 7785 | 6637 | 5613 | 8774 | 79040 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 15 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 129 | 1.63 | 1.39 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 21 | - | 22 | - | — |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 5 | 10 | - | 6 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 85 | 1.07 | 0.84 |
| Erysipelas | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 10 | 0.12 | 0. 14 |
| Dysentery | 3 | - | 12 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 0.65 | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 15 | 0.18 | 0.11 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | 0.00 | 0.03 |
| Measles | 45 | 31 | 109 | 99 | 40 | 105 | 40 | 75 | 71 | 615 | 7.78 | 12.36 |
| Whooping Cough | 59 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 28 | 51 | 16 | 21 | 39 | 307 | 3. 88 | 3. 58 |
| Totals | 124 | 72 | 189 | 180 | 89 | 207 | 82 | 143 | 149 | 1235 | ||