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Malden and Coombe 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1940.
| DISEASES | AGE GROUPS | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | Under | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | Over 65 | |
| Diphtheria | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | 18 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 46 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid (including Paratyphoid) | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — |
| Cerebro spinal Meningitis | 15 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Measles | 409 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 41 | 74 | 205 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 13 | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 515 | 34 | 46 | 81 | 242 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 10 | — | ||
| DISEASES | WARDS | ||||||||||||
| Totals | Coombe | Dickerage | Mount | Cambridge | Norbiton Park | Central | Burlington | Malden | St. James | ||||
| Diphtheria | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | |||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |||
| Pneumonia | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | |||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 46 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | |||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Typhoid (including Paratyphoid) | 5 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |||
| Cerebro spinal Meningitis | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Measles | 409 | 35 | 84 | 49 | 24 | 53 | 31 | 48 | 26 | 59 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 13 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 515 | 50 | 105 | 59 | 28 | 57 | 34 | 57 | 54 | 71 | |||