London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Wimbledon 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Notifiable Diseases during 1948.

DISEASENumber of Cases Notified in Various Age GroupsTotal Cases NotifiedTotal Cases removed to Hospital
Under 11-33-55-1010-1515-2525-4545-6565 and over
Smallpox
Scarlet Fever820527269560
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)---21144
Puerperal Pyrexia3252
Measles23113124200586248112
Whooping Cough195778703132318
Acute Primary or Influenzal Pneumonia123225151
Cerebro-Spinal Fever2133
Acute Poliomyelitis1129
Polioencephalitis1121
Ophthalmia Neonatorum22
Erysipelas112
Paratyphoid Fever111
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica111
Food Poisoning1111151
TOTALS461822233271719237584996

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*Non-civilian.