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Wandsworth 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE IV
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1956
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASES | NO. OF CASES OF INFECTIVE DISEASES GROUPED IN AGE-PERIOD | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Under 1 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65 and upwards | |
| Smallpox | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Diphtheria | 4 | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | _ | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 201 | 5 | 21 | 32 | 99 | 36 | 7 | 1 | — | — |
| Measles | 677 | 42 | 119 | 179 | 321 | 14 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 548 | 19 | 118 | 140 | 249 | 10 | 10 | 2 | — | — |
| Enteric Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | _ |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ |
| Dysentery | 750 | 17 | 78 | 94 | 287 | 119 | 41 | 73 | 34 | 7 |
| Erysipelas | 54 | _ | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 3 |
| Scabies | 25 | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 101 | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | 53 | 1 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 39 | — | 2 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 7 | — | — |
| Acute Encephalitis | 9 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia: | ||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 135 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 54 | 40 |
| Acute Primary | 220 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 24 | 46 | 74 | 39 |
| Tuberculosis—All forms | 546 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 122 | 260 | 99 | 35 |
| Food Poisoning | 362 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 60 | 77 | 57 | 94 |
| Total | 3,682 | 93 | 356 | 470 | 1,030 | 260 | 338 | 572 | 345 | 218 |