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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING 1957
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 55 | 7 | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ~ | — | - | ~ | |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | — | - | - | |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | — | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 19 | 3 | - | - | 23 | ~ | — |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | 16 | 14 | 42 | 6 | 23 | |
| Erysipelas | " | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | — |
| Dysentery | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | — | 4 | - | — |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 11 | 11 | 2 | |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Post-Infectious Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | — |
| Measles | 15 | 42 | 65 | 61 | 71 | 393 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 675 | 10 | ~ |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 44 | 5 | — | 3 | 1 | — | - | 86 | 1 | - |
| London Cases in an institution | |||||||||||||||
| Dysentery | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 10 | - |
| Pneumonia | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | 1 | - | — |
| Measles | - | 1 | - | — | 1 | — | ~ | ~ | - | — | 2 | 1 | |||
* Under column "Died", all deaths, whether notified in the district
or outside It, or not notified at all, are included.
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