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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
Wimbledon 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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table a. - notifiable diseases during 1942.
| 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 | 65 & over | |||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 100 | 94 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Group) | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 5 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 2 |
| Measles | 8 | 30 | 41 | 41 | 68 | 336 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 556 | 19 |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | 2 |
| Acute Primary pneumonia | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | — | 13 | 2 |
| Acute Influenzal do. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 7 | — |
| Cerebrc-Spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 7 | 5 | |||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 3 | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 80 | 57 | |
| TOTALS | 22 | 38 | 52 | 61 | 95 | 399 | 35 | 18 | 58 | 28 | 34 | 3 | 843 | 205 |