Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 | Totals | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
Under 1 year | – | – | 9 | 8 | 45 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 105 |
1 year | 2 | – | 4 | 6 | 84 | 103 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 204 |
2 years | – | – | 10 | 96 | 125 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 224 | |
3 years | – | – | 16 | 102 | 103 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 210 | |
4 years | 1 | 2 | 100 | 94 | 1 | - | – | – | 224 | ||
5-9 years | 6 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 243 | 273 | 1 | 5 | – | – | 563 |
10-14 years | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 6 | 9 | - | 2 | – | – | 21 |
15 — 24 years | 1 | 3 | – | – | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 17 |
25 years and over | – | 2 | – | – | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 17 |
Age unknown | 1 | — | – | – | 14 | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | 29 |
TOTALS | 12 | 17 | 38 | 43 | 701 | 766 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1614 |