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Wandsworth 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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14 REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1964
| 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 | 187 | 13 | 22 | 19 | 43 | 13 | 10 | 48 | 14 | 5 |
| Encephalitis, Acute | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 11 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 |
| Food Poisoning | 29 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 1,032 | 52 | 236 | 245 | 429 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 1 | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia: | ||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Acute Primary | 65 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 17 |
| Poliomyelitis, Acute | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 13 | - | - |
| Scabies | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 136 | - | 8 | 31 | 76 | 13 | 7 | 1 | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis | 165 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 68 | 39 | 13 |
| Typhoid Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | 7 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 219 | 19 | 63 | 54 | 72 | 6 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| Total | 1,909 | 98 | 335 | 356 | 633 | 79 | 98 | 175 | 89 | 46 |