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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES - AGE DISTRIBUTION
| Age Group | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Measles | Dysentery | Acute Meningitis | Infective Jaundice | Totals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Under 1 year | _ | - | 3 | 3 | 43 | 35 | 1 | 2 | _ | 3 | _ | - | 90 |
| 1 year | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | 134 | 116 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 263 |
| 2 years | - | 1 | 146 | 110 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | • | 268 | ||
| 3 years | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 127 | 145 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 304 |
| 4 years | 3 | 6 | 103 | 101 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 217 | ||||
| 5-9 years | 11 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 218 | 191 | 11 | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 462 |
| 10-14 years | 2 | - | 1 | - | 10 | 21 | 4 | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | 47 |
| 15-24 years | 3 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | 5 | 2 | - | 8 | 4 | 35 |
| 25 years and over | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | 9 | 5 | 29 |
| Age unknown | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 |
| TOTALS | 23 | 24 | 17 | 23 | 789 | 732 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 16 | 1,722 |