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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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| DISEASE | WARDS | Case Rate per 1000 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 | 9683 | 8884 | 11143 | 12423 | 7095 | 7735 | 7099 | 5701 | 8917 | 78680 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 12 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 59 | 0.75 | 0.73 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | - | 19 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 0.30 | 0.63 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.05 | 0.10 |
| Dysentery | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 0.05 | - |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | - | 14 | 0.17 | 0.14 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Measles | 113 | 64 | 114 | 210 | 85 | 112 | 99 | 84 | 91 | 972 | 12.35 | 15.61 |
| Whooping Cough | 16 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 113 | 1.43 | 1.78 |
| TOTALS | 148 | 86 | 140 | 234 | 104 | 143 | 114 | 129 | 112 | 1210 | ||