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
1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | |
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Acute poliomyelitis. | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Diphtheria. | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dysentery. | 49 | 31 | 26 | 88 | 13 | 2 |
Erysipelas. | 3 | 3 | - | 6 | 1 | 1 |
Pood poisoning. | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Malaria. | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Measles. | 93 | 627 | 359 | 385 | 8 | 810 |
Meningococcal infection. | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Ophthalmia neonatorum. | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Pneumonia. | 22 | 20 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 5 |
Puerperal pyrexia. | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
Scarlet fever. | 27 | 18 | 24 | 33 | 13 | 19 |
Typhoid fever. | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Tuberculosis (all forms). | 20 | 33 | 26 | 15 | 21 | 25 |
Whooping cough. | 90 | 64 | 9 | 21 | 41 | 10 |
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Cases removed to Isolation Hospitals
Dysentery 2
Pneumonia 1
Measles 7
Erysipelas 1
11
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Not including cases of tuberculosis.
TUBERCULOSIS
Age Groups | NEW CASES | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Respiratory | Meninges and Central Nervous System | Other | ||||
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
Under 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
5-14 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
15-24 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
25-44 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
45 - 64 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
65 and over | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
Totals | 16 | 5 | - | - | 2 | 2 |