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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
Malden and Coombe 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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| German Measles | 7 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 |
| Chicken-pox and Impetigo | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 1 |
| Suspected Erysipelas | 1 |
| Enteritis | 1 |
| Otitis media | 1 |
| 102 |
CASES REMOVED TO HOSPITALS OTHER THAN TOLWORTH.
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 3 |
| Typhoid or Para-typhoid | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 |
| 7 |
NUMBER OF NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED YEARLY FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS.
| 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 35 | 45 | 39 | 68 | 96 | 46 |
| Diphtheria | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 5 |
| Enteric Fever (including Para-typhoid) | — | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 10 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 18 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | 15 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Dysentery | 10 | — | 12 | 2 | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| *Measles | — | — | — | — | — | 409 |
| *Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | 13 |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 42 | 36 | 46 | 37 | 38 | 49 |
*Notifiable since November, 1939.