Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1942.
DISEASES | Totals | AGE GROUPS | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | Over 65 | ||
Diphtheria | 8 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
Erysipelas | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Pneumonia | 12 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — |
Scarlet Fever | 48 | — | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 24 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 1 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Typhoid (including Paratyphoid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
Measles | 360 | 5 | 24 | 33 | 32 | 47 | 181 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 2 | — | — |
Whooping Cough | 28 | — | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 8 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Dysentery | 28 | — | 11 | 6 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 |
Totals | 499 | 7 | 41 | 46 | 53 | 63 | 215 | 26 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
diseases | WARDS | ||||||||||||
Totals | Coombe | Dickerage | Mount | Cambridge | Norbiton Park | Central | Burlington | Malden | St. James | ||||
Diphtheria | 8 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | ||||
Erysipelas | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | |||
Pneumonia | 12 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | |||
Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | |||
Scarlet Fever | 48 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | — | 8 | 4 | 13 | 8 | |||
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||
Measles | 360 | 33 | 56 | 26 | 44 | 45 | 24 | 52 | 33 | 47 | |||
Whooping Cough | 28 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 7 | 6 | |||
Dysentery | 28 | 26 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | —. | |||
Totals | 499 | 75 | 69 | 30 | 50 | 52 | 35 | 65 | 59 | 64 |