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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING 1961
| 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 | - | - | 4 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 49 | 4 | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 44 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 25 | 82 | 102 | 150 | 146 | 605 | 21 | 7 | 9 | - | 1 | - | 1148 | 5 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | - | 13 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 34 | 2 | - |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
* Under column ''Died", all deaths, whether notified in the district or outside
it, or not notified at all, are included.,