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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DISEASE | Number of Cases Notified in Various Age Groups | Total Cases Notified | Total Cases removed to Hospital | Total Deaths | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65 and over | ||||
Scarlet Fever | - | 12 | 33 | 83 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 136 | 63 | - |
Measles | 23 | 157 | 263 | 275 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 2 | - | 758 | 12 | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 10 | 47 | 52 | 45 | 6 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 166 | 1 | - |
Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 |
„ „ (Non-paralytic) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - |
Dysentery | 2 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | - | 53 | 1 | - |
Malariat | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | - |
Pneumonia (Acute Primary or Influenzal) | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 35* |
TOTALS | 35 | 226 | 369 | 414 | 24 | 30 | 38 | 12 | 10 | 1,158 | 90 | 38 |
†Believed contracted abroad.
*A11 forms.