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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
Wandsworth 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 1
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASES | NO. OF NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN AGE GROUPS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65 and over | Total | |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 6 | 27 | 44 | 104 | 4 | 20 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 263 |
| Encephalitis, Acute | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 12 | 5 | 20 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 16 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 95 | 643 | 764 | 1,167 | 70 | 34 | 22 | - | - | 2,795 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Pneumonia: Acute Influenzal | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Acute Primary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 50 |
| Poliomyelitis, Acute | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 7 | 12 | 58 | 11 | 8 | - | - | - | 96 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 52 | 40 | 16 | 150 |
| Typhoid Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | 18 | 20 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 53 |
| Total | 126 | 704 | 850 | 1,344 | 89 | 106 | 130 | 81 | 44 | 3,474 |