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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING 1962
| 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 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 22 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 30 | 2 | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Paratyphoid Pever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | - | - | _ | 11 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 55 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 4 | 37 | 40 | 54 | 51 | 225 | 5 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 422 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough ,c/ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | _ | 1 | - | - | - | 17 | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | ~ | ~ | 5 | " | ~ |
* Under column "Died", all deaths, whether notified in the district or outside
it, or not notified at all, are included.