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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 1953
[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 Maiden and Coombe | |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 1.39 | 0.88 |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.01 | 0.09 |
| Measles | 12.36 | 12.62 |
| Whooping cough | 3.58 | 3.63 |
| * Puerperal pyrexia | 18.23 | 4.92 |
* per 1,000 total births (i.e. live and stillbirths).
*CASES REMOVED TO ISOLATION HOSPITALS.
| Scarlet fever | 9 |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-paralytic) | 5 |
| Poliomyelitis (not confirmed) | 7 |
| Measles | 9 |
| German measles | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 1 |
| Paratyphoid B | 4 |
| Paratyphoid B (Symptomless excreters) | 5 |
| Paratyphoid B (not confirmed) | 1 |
| Whooping cough | 4 |
| Diphtheria (not confirmed) | 2 |
| Meningitis (not confirmed) | 4 |
| Mumps | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 3 |
| Gastro-enteritis | 2 |
| Gastro-enteritis (not confirmed) | 1 |
| Meningococcal meningitis | 1 |
| Malaria | 1 |
| 67 |
*Not including cases of tuberculosis and certain other noninfectious
illness.