London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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| 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 25 | 44 | 49 | 33 | 68 | 76 |
| Diphtheria | 10 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Typhoid fever | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Paratyphoid fever | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 14 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 27 | 21 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 2 | 2 | — | — | ||
| Acute poliomyelitis | — | 2 | 5 | — | 3 | |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 2 | — | — | 20 | ||
| Malaria | 28 | — | — | — | — | |
| Measles | 589 | 152 | 240 | 386 | 503 | 171 |
| Whooping cough | 43 | 75 | 39 | 267 | 94 | 79 |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 44 | 52 | 42 | 63 | 41 | 35 |
| Age Periods | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | ||||||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — | I | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |||
| — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | — | |||||
The number of notifications of pulmonary tuberculosis has,
with the exception of 1948 shown a steady decline since 1945
and the rate per 1,000 (0.67) for the current year is the lowest
for a number of years.
The death rate per 1,000 (0.13) was exceptionally satisfactory
being the lowest rate, at least for the past 30 years.