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Malden and Coombe 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1944.
| DISEASES | AGE GROUPS | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 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 | ... | ... | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Pneumonia | ... | ... | 12 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Puerperal pyrexia | ... | ... | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Scarlet fever | ... | ... | 98 | — | — | 6 | 2 | 8 | 48 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | ||||
| Dysentery | ... | ... | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cerebro-spinal fever | ... | ... | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Malaria | ... | ... | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | 5 | — | — | ||||
| Measles | ... | ... | 22 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | ||||
| Whooping cough | ... | ... | 44 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Totals | ... | 230 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 16 | 73 | 25 | 9 | 38 | 11 | 8 | 3 | |||||
| DISEASES | WARDS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | Coombe | Dickerage | Mount | Cambridge | Norbiton Park | Central | Burlington | Malden | St. James | ||||||||||
| Diphtheria | ... | ... | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | |||||||
| Pneumonia | ... | ... | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Puerperal pyrexia | ... | ... | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Scarlet fever | ... | ... | 98 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 20 | |||||||
| Dysentery | ... | ... | 9 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | |||||||
| Cerebro spinal fever | ... | ... | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| Malaria | ... | ... | 34 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Measles | ... | ... | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
| Whooping cough | ... | ... | 44 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | 16 | 5 | |||||||
| Totals | ... | 230 | 63 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 56 | 31 | ||||||||