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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
Bermondsey 1964
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1964
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1964
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED | TOTALS PER WARD | TOTAL | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages—Year | Riverside | Abbey | Bricklayers | Rotherhithe | Dockyard | ||||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and Over | ||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 37 | – | 11 | 23 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 37 |
| Whooping Cough | 15 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | 15 |
| Measles | 179 | 13 | 116 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 48 | 29 | 37 | 16 | 49 | 179 |
| Dysentery | 35 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 35 |
| Meningococcal Infection | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pneumonia | 12 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | 15 | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 10 | – | 2 | – | 3 | 15 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Acute Gastro Enteritis | 470 | 38 | 131 | 56 | 34 | 27 | 32 | 50 | 34 | 32 | 20 | 16 | 115 | 36 | 52 | 56 | 211 | 470 |
| Scabies | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 44 | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 44 |
| Other Foms | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| TOTALS | 817 | 57 | 285 | 138 | 48 | 39 | 42 | 57 | 48 | 45 | 28 | 30 | 197 | 94 | 121 | 91 | 314 | 817 |