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Malden and Coombe 1942
[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 | |||