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Merton and Morden 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XXXI.
NOTIFICATION OP INFECTIOUS DISEASES (other than Tuberculosis) by Age Groups during the year 1939.
| Disease. | TOTAL CASES NOTIFIED. | Total Cases at all Ages. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 1 | 15-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 and over | ||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | — | 98 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Group) | — | 1 | — | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 32 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 12 | 2 | — | — | 15 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 9 | — | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 52 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Acute Polio Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 5 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Totals | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 67 | 22 | 20 | 34 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 246 |