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 Southwark, Borough of]
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NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1965
AGE DISTRIBUTION OF NOTIFICATIONS
Disease | Under 1 year | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-55 | 55-65 | 65 and over | Total all ages |
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Scarlet Fever | 1 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 22 | 83 | 30 | 8 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 195 |
Whooping Cough | 14 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 93 |
Measles | 173 | 554 | 486 | 534 | 480 | 866 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 3,138 |
Dysentery | 19 | 33 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 4 | — | — | 208 |
Meningococcal Infection | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
Acute Pneumonia | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 50 |
Acute Encephalitis, Post Infectious | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
Food Poisoning | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 81 |
Tuberculosis:— | |||||||||||||||
Respiratory | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 23 | 178 |
Other Forms | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | 3 | l | 4 | 20 | |
Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | 51 | 35 | 9 | — | — | — | 124 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Acute Gastro Enteritis | 34 | 62 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 37 | 24 | 26 | 42 | 54 | 39 | 34 | 18 | 23 | 436 |
*Scabies | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 9 |
Not notifiable after 31st March 1965.
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