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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING 1963
| 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 | _ | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 27 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 36 | 2 | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 7 | 5 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | 8 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | - | 9 | 16 | 34 | 3 | 93 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 11 | - | - | - | 38 | 9 . | - |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 28 | 104 | 148 | 147 | 142 | 367 | 24 | 11 | - | 4 | - | 1 | 976 | 3 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 36 | 1 | - |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
*Under column "Died", all deaths, whether notified in the district or outside
it, or not notified at all, are included.
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