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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING 1958
| 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 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 37 | 13 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 59 | 8 | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | 12 | 1 | - |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 34 | 2 | 27 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Post-infectious Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Measles | 2 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 67 | 7 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 130 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 14 | - | — | |
* Under column "Died", all deaths, whether notified in the district
or outside it. or not notified at all, are included.