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Wimbledon 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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TABLE A. - NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING 1939.
| DISEASE | Number of Cases Notified in Various Age Groups. | Total Cases Notified | Total Cases Removed to Hospital | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 55 & over | |||
| Smallpox | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Scarlet Fever.. | _ | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | _" | 54 | 43 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Group) | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | _ | _ | 24 | 24 |
| . Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 6 | _ | _ | _ | 7 | 2 | |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _" | _ | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | _ | 2 | _ |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | 1 |
| • Acute Poliomyelitis. | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | _ |
| Acute Polio-encephalitis | -_ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _- | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Dysentery | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 |
| Malaria | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | 2 | |
| Erysipelas | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| Tuberculosis(all forms) | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 3 | 3 | _ | 37 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 73 | 49 |
| TOTALS • | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 20 | 55 | 12 | l 20 | 5 | 187 | 128 |