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Malden and Coombe 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1943.
| DISEASES | Totals | Under | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | AGE GROUPS | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | Over 65 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | |||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Pneumonia | 46 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | I | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 185 | — | 4 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 98 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Measles | 221 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 29 | 56 | 81 | 10 | — | 10 | 1 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 143 | 7 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 32 | 41 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 616 | 18 | 46 | 43 | 59 | 115 | 224 | 39 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 12 |
| DISEASES | WARDS | ||||||||||||
| Totals | Coombe | Dickerage | Mount | Cambridge | Norbiton Park | Central | Burlington | Maiden | St. James | ||||
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Erysipelas | 9 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | |||
| Pneumonia | 46 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 185 | 13 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 34 | 32 | |||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Dysentery | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | |||
| Measles | 221 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 40 | 37 | 52 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 143 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 25 | |||
| Totals | 616 | 64 | 75 | 44 | 35 | 60 | 44 | 79 | 99 | 116 | |||