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Wandsworth 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1953
TABLE IV.
| 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 | 323 | 3 | 20 | 67 | 174 | 38 | 18 | 3 | — | — |
| Measles | 2,850 | 89 | 501 | 432 | 1,655 | 118 | 42 | 13 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 925 | 109 | 176 | 211 | 314 | 84 | 30 | 1 | — | — |
| Enteric Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | 5 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Malaria | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Dysentery | 132 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 16 | 18 |
| Erysipelas | 55 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 11 |
| Scabies | 39 | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 182 | — | — | — | — | — | 61 | 121 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 27 | 3 | 5 | — | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | — |
| Acute Encephalitis | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia:— | ||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 129 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 37 | 40 |
| Acute Primary | 191 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 3 | 14 | 32 | 45 | 41 |
| Tuberculosis—All forms | 663 | — | 6 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 132 | 325 | 109 | 46 |
| Food Poisoning | 129 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 25 | 55 | 18 | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 5,666 | 226 | 745 | 768 | 2,240 | 280 | 365 | 634 | 250 | 158 |