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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING 1954
| Disease | AGE IN YEARS | TOTALS | Removed to Hospital | Died * | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 45 | Over 65 | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | - | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 51 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 82 | 24 | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | — | - | - | - | - | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 3 | - | - | 15 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 38 | 3 | 20 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 2 | - |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | 21 | 4 | - |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | i | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Measles | 3 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 105 | 11 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 170 | 3 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 81 | 4 | - |
| London Cases in the Downs Residential Nursery | |||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | - | - | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - |
*Under column "Died", all deaths, whether notified in the district
or outside it, or not notified at all, are included.
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