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Malden and Coombe 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1955.
| DISEASES | Totals | Under 1 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 3-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | 25 and over | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 538 | 12. | 100 | 138 | 281 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Whooping cough | 57 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 28 | — | — | 1 | |||
| Scarlet fever | 16 | — | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | |||
| Pneumonia | 28 | — | 2 | — | 4 | — | — | 22 | |||
| Poliomyelitis | Paralytic | 9 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | — | ||
| Non-paralytic | 11 | — | 1 | — | 8 | 2 | — | — | |||
| Food poisoning | 6 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
| Dysentery | 19 | — | 5 | 5 | 3 | — | 2 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 685 | 17 | 121 | 161 | 538 | 10 | 7 | 31 | |||
| diseases | Totals | Coombe | Dickerage | WARDS | Maiden Green | St. James | Maiden Manor | ||||
| Mount | Cambridge | Norbiton Park | Burlington | ||||||||
| Measles | 538 | 46 | 59 | 30 | 32 | 80 | 64 | 40 | 85 | 102 | |
| Whooping cough | 57 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 5 | |
| Scarlet fever | 16 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | — | 1 | 3 | |
| Pneumonia | 28 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |
| Poliomyelitis | Paralytic | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Non-paralytic | 11 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | |
| Food poisoning | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Dysentery | 19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | |
| Totals | 685 | 75 | 68 | 38 | 47 | 92 | 88 | 50 | 105 | 122 | |