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Malden and Coombe 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]

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VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
Sixty-five persons, mostly school children, were treated for
headlice during the year. No case of body louse infestation
came under notice.
FOOD POISONING.
There were no outbreaks of food poisoning during the year.

CASE RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

England and WalesBorough of Maiden and Coombe
Scarlet fever1.730.74
Diphtheria0.08
Typhoid fever0.01
Paratyphoid fever0.010.02
Cerebro-spinal fever0.03
Measles9.348.67
Whooping cough3.426.00
*Puerperal pyrexia6.891.54
* per 1,000 total births (i.e. live and stillbirths).

CASES REMOVED TO TOLWORTH ISOLATION
HOSPITAL.
Scarlet fever 23
Scarlet fever (not confirmed) 5
Pneumonia 4
Pneumonia (not confirmed) 4
Diphtheria (not confirmed) 2
Measles 19
Whooping cough 27
Chicken pox 8
Laryngitis 1
Cerebro-spinal fever (not confirmed) 1
Mumps 8
Meningitis 1
Erysipelas 1
Dysentery, Diarrhoea, etc 1
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