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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NUMBER OF NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED YEARLY FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS.
1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet fever | 49 | 33 | 68 | 76 | 32 | 52 |
Diphtheria | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
Typhoid fever | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Paratyphoid fever | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Erysipelas | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Pneumonia | 18 | 22 | 27 | 21 | 27 | 15 |
Encephalitis lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Puerperal pyrexia | 4 | 1 | - | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Meningococcal infection | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Acute poliomyelitis | 5 | - | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14 |
Ophthalmia neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dysentery | - | - | 1 | 20 | 26 | 97 |
Malaria | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Measles | 240 | 386 | 503 | 171 | 807 | 244 |
Whooping cough | 39 | 267 | 94 | 79 | 206 | 76 |
Tuberculosis (all forms) | 42 | 63 | 41 | 35 | 36 | 47 |
TUBERCULOSIS 1952.
Age Periods | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1 | - | - | l | - | l | - | - | - |
5 | l | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
15 | 5 | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
35 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
45 | 5 | 1 | l | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
55 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
65 & upwards | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Totals | 24 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 8 | - | - | 1 |
The cases of pulmonary tuberculosis notified (42) showed a sharp rise over those for 1951 (30). |