Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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TABLE A. - NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING 1941.
DISEASE | Number of Cases Notified in Various Age Groups. | Total Cases Notified | Total Cas- Removed to Hospital | |||||||||||
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Under 1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 & over | |||
Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Scarlet Eevcr | - | - | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 9 | - | - | - | 39 | 38 |
Diphtheria (including Memcrauous Croup) | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 15 | 15 | |
Entric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 8 |
Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | J. | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | ||
Measles | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 8 | - | 2 | 1 | 77 | 7 | |
Whooping Cough | 18 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 55 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 144 | 14 |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 18 | - |
Acute Influenzal do | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
Corebro-Spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1. | 2 | 1 | - | 9 | 9 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||
Acute Polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dysentery | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Malaria | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | _ |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
Tuberculosis (all forms) | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 43 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 83 | 59 |
TOTALS | 26 | 25 | 23 | 36 | 37 | 91 | 30 | 29 | 70 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 416 | 154 |