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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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DISTRIBUTION OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES IN WARDS
| Disease | WARDS | TOTAL | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. | N.W. | N.E. | W.C. | E.C. | E. | S.W. | S.E. | S. | ||
| Population | 9395 | 8711 | 10716 | 11548 | 6889 | 8103 | 7643 | 6125 | 9300 | 78430 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 30 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | 11 |
| Pneumonia | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 12 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | ||
| Measles | 84 | 27 | 5 | 174 | 25 | 10 | 28 | 29 | 40 | 422 |
| Whooping Co ugh | 5 | - | 7 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 17 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| TOTALS | 90 | 30 | 38 | 184 | 27 | 18 | 28 | 42 | 43 | 500 |