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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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DISTRIBUTION OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES IN WARDS
| 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 : - | 9694 | 8654 | 11112 | 12005 | 7109 | 8101 | 7815 | 6130 | 9240 | 79860 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 33 | 19 | 17 | 33 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 166 | 2.08 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 |
| Smallpox | -• | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 8 | - |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0.11 |
| Erysjpelas | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.01 |
| Dysentery | 3 | - | 8 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 0.59 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 |
| Post-infectious Encephalitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.01 |
| Measles | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | 7 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 48 | 0.60 |
| Whooping Cough | 20 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 83 | 1.04 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | 0.05 |
| TOTALS | 62 | 36 | 37 | 53 | 21 | 52 | 26 | 39 | 41 | 367 | |