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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
Wandsworth 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE IV. REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1952
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASES | NO. OF CASES OF INFECTIVE DISEASES GROUPED IN AGE PERIOD | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Under 1 | 1-3 | 3-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65 and upwards | |
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Scarlet Fever | 535 | 1 | 33 | 133 | 301 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 1 | – |
| Measles.. | 2,290 | 68 | 487 | 561 | 1,112 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 1 | – |
| Whooping Cough | 400 | 30 | 85 | 108 | 151 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | – |
| Enteric Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dysentery | 230 | 5 | 30 | 43 | 61 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 15 | 14 |
| Erysipelas | 68 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 22 | 25 | 18 |
| Scabies | 30 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | 53 | 103 | – | – |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Meningococcal Infection | 7 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 39 | 1 | – | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | – |
| Acute Encephalitis | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Anthrax | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pneumonia:— | ||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 52 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 8 |
| Acute Primary | 184 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 44 | 58 |
| Tuberculosis—All forms | 666 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 167 | 281 | 119 | 35 |
| Food Poisoning | 123 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 38 | 25 | 7 |
| Continued Fever | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Total | 4,792 | 129 | 653 | 886 | 1,679 | 140 | 334 | 578 | 248 | 145 |