Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 Malden andCoombe | |
---|---|---|
Scarlet fever | 1.53 | 1.14 |
Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Paratyphoid fever | 0.02 | 0.02 |
Measles | 8.86 | 5.37 |
Whooping cough | 2.61 | 1.67 |
*Puerperal pyrexia | 17.87 | 3.77 |
* per 1,000 total births (i.e. live and stillbirths). |
*CASES REMOVED TO TOLWORTH ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
Scarlet fever | 22 |
Scarlet fever (not confirmed) | 1 |
Poliomyelitis | 9 |
Poliomyelitis (not confirmed) | 4 |
Measles | 5 |
Chicken pox | 3 |
German measles | 2 |
Para-typhoid | 1 |
Pneumonia | 2 |
Gastro-enteritis | 3 |
Diarrhoea (non-infective) | 1 |
Impetigo | 1 |
Total | 54 |
CASES ADMITTED TO HOSPITALS OTHER THAN TOLWORTH.
Scarlet fever | 6 |
Poliomyelitis | 3 |
Poliomyelitis (not confirmed) | 1 |
Mumps | 1 |
Measles | 1 |
Typhi-murium carrier | 1 |
Chicken pox | 1 |
Erysipelas | 1 |
Total | 15 |
*Not including cases of tuberculosis and certain other noninfectious illness. |