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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
Merton and Morden 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XVI.
| Disease | TOTAL CASES NOTIFIED | Total cases at all ages | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1-3 | 3-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 and over | ||
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Scarlet Fever | – | 4 | 19 | 62 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 112 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 3 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Poliomyelitis | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | l | – | l | – | – | – | 5 |
| Acute Polio-Encephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | – | – | – | ––– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dysentery | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | 29 | 225 | 295 | 474 | 22 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 1,049 |
| Whooping Cough | 19 | 91 | 113 | 142 | 5 | 4 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 378 |
| Totals | 54 | 324 | 433 | 686 | 43 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 31 | 9 | 1,628 |