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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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1969
Disease | Under 1 Year | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | 24-35 | 35-45 | 45-55 | 55-65 | 65+ | Total all ages |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet fever | - | 10 | 30 | 64 | 16 | 3 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | — | 125 |
Whooping cough | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 37 |
Measles | 130 | 571 | 636 | 699 | 49 | 15 | 13 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | 2,115 |
Diphtheria | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
Dysentery | 11 | 38 | 46 | 53 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 201 |
Meningoccal infection | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 13 |
Acute encephalitis-infective | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
Food poisoning | 6 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 34 | 28 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 168 |
Tuberculosis- Respiratory | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 29 | 24 | 29 | 148 |
Other forms | _ | 2 | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | _ | 1 | 2 | 14 |
Meninges & Cns. | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
Ophthalmia neonatorum | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 |
Acute gastro enteritis | 171 | 241 | 195 | 253 | 184 | 234 | 152 | 113 | 90 | 68 | 54 | 1,755 |
Infective jaundice | _ | _ | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 43 |
Paratyphoid | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 |
Total | 326 | 883 | 929 | 1,105 | 285 | 321 | 241 | 178 | 143 | 108 | 104 | 4,623 |