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 1963
[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 | 9354 | 8543 | 10683 | 11428 | 6855 | 8123 | 7633 | 6298 | 9853 | 78770 |
| Scarlet Fever | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | _ | 3 | 1 | _ | 36 | |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 8 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 34 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 2 | 2 | 18 | 2 | - | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 38 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococca' Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 85 | 63 | 157 | 108 | 123 | 153 | 81 | 86 | 120 | 976 |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | - | 7 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 36 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 113 | 81 | 194 | 119 | 125 | 173 | 96 | 101 | 133 | 1135 |