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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
Lambeth 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE - AGE DISTRIBUTION
| Age Groups | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Acute Poliomyelitis | Measles | Dysentery | Meningococcal Infection | Scabies | Totals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paralytic | Noh-Paralytic | ||||||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Under l year | - | - | 14 | 16 | - | - | - | 50 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 133 | |
| 1 year | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 155 | 159 | 5 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 344 |
| 2 years | - | 2 | 8 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 156 | 164 | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | . | 352 |
| 3 years | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 154 | 158 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 344 |
| 4 years | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 144 | 128 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 300 |
| 5-9 years | 20 | 20 | 20 | 34 | - | - | - | - | 383 | 377 | 13 | 16 | - | - | - | . | 883 |
| 10-14 years | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 14 | 7 | 5 | - | - | . | - | 66 |
| 15-24 years | 3 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | . - | 5 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 52 |
| 25 years and over | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 23 | 1 | - | 6 | 6 | 62 |
| TOTALS | 37 | 39 | 70 | 94 | - | - | - | 1 | 1,069 | 1,060 | 70 | 67 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 2,536 |
| Age Groups | Pneumonia | Acute Encephalitis | Typhoid Fever | Erysipelas | Food Poisoning | Puerperal Pyrexia | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Totals | |||||||||
| Infective | Post Infectious | ||||||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Under 5 years | 4 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| 5-14 years | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | • | - | • | " | " | - | - | - | 4 |
| 15-44 years | 11 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | - | 13 | - | - | 46 |
| 45-64 years | 7 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| 65 years and over | 1 | 4 | . | • | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| TOTALS | 25 | 23 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | - | 13 | 1 | 2 | 90 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 2,626 | ||||||||||||||||