London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Chelsea 1962
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1962
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NOTIFICATIONS. The following table shows the total (corrected) number of oases of Infectious Diseases received during the year.
| Disease | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 yrs | 5 and under 15 yrs | 15 and under 25 yrs | 25 and under 45 yrs | 45 and under 65 yrs | 65 and and over | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery (Sonne) | 12 | 25 | 3 | 16 | 11 | - | - | 67 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Measles | 11 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 63 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | - | - | • | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia: Ac.Influenzal | - | - | — | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Poliomyelitist Paralytio | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Non-paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal pyrexia | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Scabies | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 6 |
| TOTALS | 24 | 65 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 2 | - | 151 |