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Wandsworth 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1963
TABLE I
| 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 | |
| Anthrax | ||||||||||
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 247 | 9 | 41 | 23 | 43 | 9 | 21 | 59 | 28 | 14 |
| Encephalitis, Acute | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 24 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | 36 | _ | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 3,427 | 123 | 827 | 939 | 1,433 | 58 | 29 | 16 | 2 | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia: | ||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 43 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 21 | 10 |
| Acute Primary | 97 | 3 | 3 | — | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 32 |
| Poliomyelitis, Acute | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 17 | — | — |
| Scabies | 14 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | 5 | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 89 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 11 | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis | 291 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 58 | 124 | 76 | 21 |
| Typhoid Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 337 | 25 | 82 | 76 | 124 | 23 | 3 | 4 | — | — |
| Total | 4,653 | 172 | 970 | 1,052 | 1,664 | 114 | 162 | 262 | 177 | 80 |