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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
Lewisham 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Table 25
NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN 1966 SHOWING SEX AND AGE GROUPS
| Diseases | Under 1 | 1- | 3- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65+ | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery | 6 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 66 | 86 | ||
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 9 | 2 | — | 9 | 9 | |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | 13 | 21 | ||
| Measles | 48 | 46 | 281 | 297 | 292 | 294 | 380 | 335 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1,021 | 996 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | _ | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | _ |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 11 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | 36 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 40 | 42 |
| Tuberculosis | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 38 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 88 | 60 |
| Typhoid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 11 | 26 | 29 | 13 | 21 | 18 | 33 | 2 | 4 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 68 | 101 |