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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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| Disease | WARDS | Case Rate per 1,000 population (Mid-year) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. | N. W. | N.E. | W.C. | E.C. | E. | S.W. | S.E. | S. | TOTAL | ||
| Population:- | 9676 | 8670 | 10979 | 11842 | 7055 | 7860 | 7822 | 6129 | 9147 | 79180 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 10 | 12 | 52 | 23 | 49 | 54 | 52 | 6 | 36 | 294 | 3.71 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 20 | - | 22 | - |
| Pneumonia | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 67 | 0.85 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 0.05 |
| Dysentery | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0.15 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 0.04 |
| Post-infectious Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 |
| Measles | 101 | 30 | 209 | 293 | 147 | 181 | 127 | 78 | 140 | 1306 | 16.49 |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | 8 | - | 2 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 0.38 |
| TOTALS | 124 | 47 | 278 | 320 | 203 | 266 | 190 | 116 | 194 | 1738 | |