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Southwark 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE 1967 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 & over | Total infected by a disease |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 1 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 31 | 81 | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 156 |
| Whooping cough | 14 | 11 | 32 | 25 | 30 | 54 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 170 |
| Measles | 165 | 379 | 460 | 457 | 401 | 969 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | 2.881 |
| Acute pneumonia | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 37 |
| Dysentery | 7 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 50 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 231 |
| Acute gastro enteritis | 67 | 94 | 65 | 64 | 64 | 158 | 66 | 62 | 109 | 87 | 83 | 67 | 41 | 37 | 1,064 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Food poisoning | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 64 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 47 | 40 | 12 | 1 | — | — | 122 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Tuberculosis: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | — | 6 | 13 | 26 | 17 | 26 | 30 | 21 | 149 |
| Other | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Total in each age group | 262 | 503 | 592 | 590 | 543 | 1324 | 122 | 120 | 204 | 209 | 137 | 123 | 96 | 79 | 4,904 |