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Merton and Morden 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XXXII.
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (other than Tuberculosis) by Age Groups during the year 1937.
| Disease. | TOTAL CASES NOTIFIED. | Total Cases at all Ages. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 and over | |||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 65 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | - | 129 | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | — | - | 1 | - | 22 | |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 51 | |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 39 | |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Acute Polio Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | |
| Dysentery | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 19 | |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | -_ | 1 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | - | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | |
| Typhus Fever | — | - | — | — | — | - | - | — | - | - | — | — | - | |
| Totals | 13 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 87 | 29 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 34 | 13 | 282 | |