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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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TABLE A. - NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING 1943.
| DISEASE | Number of C a vies Notified in V .rious Afo Groups | Total Cares notified. | Total Cane' removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1- 2 | 3-3 | 3-4 | 4 - 5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 2D -35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 & Over | |||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — |
| . Scarlet Fever | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 102 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 2 | — | — | 186 | 131 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 20 | 20 | |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | - | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Focd Poisoning | __ | __ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | — | - | _ | _ | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 9 | 5 | |
| Measles | 7 | 25 | 7 | 28 | 143 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 6 | - | - | - | 13 | |
| Vfiicoping Coufh | 7 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 40 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | _ | - | 115 | 11 |
| Acuta Primary Pneumonia | 1 | - | - | p | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 21 | - | ||||
| Acute Influenzal do | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 9 | - | |
| 'Ceiebro-spinal Fever | - | 1 | - | -- | - | - | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | - | 10 | 7 | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | _ | - | _ | _ | _ | |
| Acute Polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | — | - | - | - | _ | |
| Encephalitis lethargica | - | - | - | - | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Ialaria | - | — | — | - | — | - | — | _ | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | — | — | — | _ | - | - | - | _ | _ | - | - | ||
| Erysipelas | l | - | - | — | - | - | — | — | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 53 | |
| TOTALS | 22 | 47 | 31 | 53 | 72 | 295 | 48 | 29 | 69 | 20 | 34 | 10 | 730 | 244 |