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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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CASE RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
| England and Wales. | Borough of Maiden & Coomb. | |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 2.40 | 2.76 |
| Diphtheria | 0.58 | Nil |
| Typhoid fever | 0.01 | Nil |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.01 | Nil |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Measles | 4.16 | 0.62 |
| Whooping cough | 2.49 | 1.24 |
| *Puerperal pyrexia | 10.34 | Nil |
* per 1,000 total births (i.e., live and stillbirths).
TUBERCULOSIS.
| Age Period | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratorv | Respiratory | Non-Respiratorv | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 25 | 5 | 7 | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| 35 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 45 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| 55 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 65 & upwards | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 12 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 5 | — | — |
In 1943 the rise in the incidence of tuberculosis which
marked the early war years was replaced by a fall which
was repeated during the current year. The number of new
cases notified has now almost reached the pre-war level
again.
The following table shows the variations of tuberculosis
(all forms) from the years immediately preceding
the war to the present year:—