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 1957
[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:- | 9722 | 8606 | 11043 | 12105 | 7143 | 7764 | 7667 | 5984 | 8926 | 78960 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 14 | - | 1 | 6 | 2 | 55 | 0.70 | 0.66 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 21 | - | 23 | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 0.53 | 0.73 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.01 | 0.08 |
| Dysentery | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | ' - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.05 | 0.64 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 11 | 0.14 | 0.11 |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| Post-infectious Encephalitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
| Measles | 110 | 65 | 88 | 160 | 79 | 58 | 29 | 20 | 66 | 675 | 8.55 | 14.09 |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 86 | 1.09 | 1.88 |
| TOTALS | 129 | 81 | 128 | 206 | 104 | 79 | 38 | 56 | 80 | 901 | ||