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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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DISTRIBUTION OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES IN WARDS
| Disease | WARDS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. | N.W. | N.E. | W.C. | E.C. | E. | S.W. | S.E. | S. | TOTAL | |
| Population:- | 9386 | 8624 | 10695 | 11540 | 6925 | 7958 | 7577 | 6093 | 9182 | 77980 |
| Scarlet Fever | 19 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 49 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 6 |
| Pneumonia | 5 | - | 8 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 23 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 183 | 106 | 178 | 210 | 108 | 149 | 56 | 55 | 103 | 1148 |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | - | 34 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| TOTALS | 214 | 113 | 196 | 218 | 123 | 162 | 64 | 68 | 110 | 1268 |