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 1954
[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:- | 9820 | 9021 | 11308 | 12631 | 7167 | 7777 | 6927 | 5730 | 8819 | 79200 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 11 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 82 | 1.04 | 0.96 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 14 | - | 15 | - | - | |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 0.48 | 0.59 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 9 | 0.11 | 0.12 |
| Dysentery | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 0.27 | - |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| Measles | 10 | 13 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 7 | 33 | 170 | 2.15 | 3.32 |
| Whooping Cough | 20 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 81 | 1.02 | 2.39 |
| Totals | 46 | 31 | 54 | 31 | 36 | 68 | 58 | 36 | 61 | 421 | ||