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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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SUMMARY OP BIRTH, INFANTILE MORTALITY AND DEATH RATES FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS
| Year | Births | Infantile Mortality | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 12.1 | 26.4 | 11.1 |
| 1958 | 12.2 | 15.1 | 9.6 |
| 1959 | 11.4 | 10.1 | 10.9 |
| 1960 | 12.9 | 17.9 | 11.4 |
| 1961 | 11.9 | 14.9 | 12.2 |
| 1962 | 12.3 | 25.3 | 12.1 |
NOTIFICATION OP INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Number of notifications received yearly for the past six years
| 1221 | 1958 | 1958 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute poliomyelitis. | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Diphtheria. | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery. | 31 | 26 | 88 | 13 | 2 | 74 |
| Erysipelas. | 3 | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Food poisoning. | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Malaria. | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles. | 62.7 | 359 | 385 | 8 | 810 | 336 |
| Meningococcal infection. | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia. | 20 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Puerperal pyrexia. | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Scarlet fever. | 18 | 24 | 33 | 13 | 19 | 11 |
| Typhoid fever. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis (all farms). | 33 | 26 | 15 | 21 | 25 | 26 |
| Whooping cough. | 64 | 9 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 15 |
| *Cases removed to Isolation Hospitals | ||||||
| Measles | 4 | |||||
| Meningococcal meningitis | 1 | |||||
| 5 | ||||||
| *Not including cases of tuberculosis. | ||||||