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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
Hammersmith 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE 1st, January, 1969 - 31st December, 1969.
| DISEASE | NOTIFICATIONS | Total cases notified | Cases removed to hospital | Deaths | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 year | 1 year | 2-4 years | 5-14 years | 15-24 years | 25-44 years | 45-64 years | 65+ years | ||||||
| Measles | 47 | 59 | 185 | 109 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 410 | 22 | - | ||
| Dysentery | 8 | 8 | 33 | 42 | 11 | 28 | - | - | 130 | 23 | - | ||
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | 7 | 21 | 3 | - | - | - | 31 | - | - | ||
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 2 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | ||
| Infective Jaundice | - | - | 2 | 14 | 23 | 15 | 3 | - | 57 | 36 | 1 | ||
| Tuberculosis (Respiratory) | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 92 | 34 | 4 | ||
| (Non-Respiratory ) | - | - | - | - | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 14 | - | ||
| Acute Meningitis | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 9 | 6 | - | ||
| Acute Encephalitis (post-infectious) | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| Food Poisoning | 2 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 107 | 18 | - | ||
| 61 | 72 | 254 | 205 | 96 | 115 | 57 | 22 | 882 | 154 | 5 | |||