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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
Lewisham 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Table 33
NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN 1970 SHOWING SEX AND AGE GROUPS
| Disease | Under 1 | 1- | 2- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65+ | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Dysentery | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | 8 | — | 2 | — | — | 24 | 35 | ||
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 24 | 16 |
| Infective Jaundice | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 28 | 18 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Measles | 33 | 25 | 103 | 79 | 230 | 211 | 126 | 113 | 285 | 290 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 791 | 730 |
| Meningococcal infection | 2 | 5 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 10 | 17 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 53 | 43 |
| Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 10 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 40 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 87 | 40 |
| Typhoid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 35 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 43 | 67 |