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Camberwell 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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TABLE OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1929.
| Disease. | Total Cases Notified. | Admitted to Hospital. | Notifications and Age Distributions. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards | ||||
| Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | Notifications. | ||||
| Small Pox | *120 | 120 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 29 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 2 | |
| Cholera, Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 669 | 652 | 17 | 37 | 44 | 63 | 72 | 292 | 64 | 25 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1,043 | 957 | 5 | 25 | 47 | 60 | 87 | 488 | 144 | 78 | 84 | 20 | 5 | — | |
| Enteric Fever | 12 | 10 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | |
| Acute Influenzal | Pneumonia | 145 | 82 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 12 | 33 | 15 |
| Acute Primary | 127 | 52 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 5 | |
| Erysipelas | 125 | 53 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 47 | 25 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | — | — | — | — | |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | - | — | — | — | ||
| Malaria | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | 2 | — | 1 | — | |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 18 | 6 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | |
| Anthrax | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Glanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | 8 | - | — | — | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 24 | 20 | — | - | — | — | - | - | - | - | 17 | 7 | — | — | |
| Totals | 2,307 | 1,971 | 60 | 88 | 113 | 145 | 171 | 836 | 249 | 152 | 244 | 81 | 119 | 49 | |
| *Includes one notification of a patient subsequently returned from hospital as not suffering from the disease. | |||||||||||||||