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 1964
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1964
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NOTIFICATIONS. The following table shows the total (corrected) number of cases 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 over | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Measles | 2 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | |||
| Scabies | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 2 | - | 5 | ||||
| Typhoid Fever | - | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| TOTALS | 37 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 |