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Malden and Coombe 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1951.
| DISEASES | Totals | Under 1 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | 25 and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 807 | 9 | 146 | 256 | 372 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| Whooping Cough | 206 | 8 | 59 | 54 | 80 | 2 | 1 | t |
| Scarlet Fever | 32 | — | 2 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 27 | — | 2 | 2 | 5 | — | — | 18 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 |
| Paralytic | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Poliomyelitis Non-paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 26 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | — | 3 | 6 |
| Food poisoning | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Totals | 1107 | 19 | 212 | 323 | 482 | 15 | 13 | 43 |
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1951.
| DISEASES | WARDS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | Coombe | Dickerage | Mount | Cambridg | Norbiton Park | Burlington | Maiden Green | St. James | Maiden Manor | |
| Measles | 807 | 84 | 153 | 114 | 101 | 131 | 76 | 42 | 68 | 38 |
| Whooping Cough | 206 | 10 | 50 | 28 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 32 |
| Scarlet Fever | 32 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| Pneumonia | 27 | — | 5 | 5 | 2 | ?. | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | 26 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | — | 6 | — |
| Food poisoning | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 1107 | 96 | 221 | 150 | 127 | 169 | 96 | 66 | 102 | 80 |