Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING 1959
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 | - | 5 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 181 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 294 | 23 | - |
Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 14 | 5 | - | - | 22 | - | - |
Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 16 | 67 | 6 | 43 |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
Dysentery | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 12 | - | - |
Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Meningococcal Infection | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Post-infectious Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Measles | 31 | 96 | 133 | 131 | 163 | 703 | 42 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1306 | 9 | - |
Whooping Cough | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 30 | 1 | - |
* Under column "Died", all deaths, whether notified in the district
or outside it, or not notified at all, are included.