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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE I INFECTIVE DISEASES 15
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASES | NO. OF CASES OF INFECTIVE DISEASES GROUPED IN AGE-PERIOD | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Under 1 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65 and upwards | |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 315 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 79 | 40 | 31 | 82 | 21 | — |
| Encephalitis, Acute | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 42 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 5 |
| Food Poisoning | 527 | 3 | 18 | 36 | 95 | 168 | 113 | 50 | 33 | 11 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | 1 | _ | — |
| Measles | 825 | 32 | 184 | 210 | 379 | 9 | 6 | 5 | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia: | ||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 15 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Acute Primary | 124 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 49 | 37 |
| Poliomyelitis, Acute | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | —_ | 1 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | 48 | — | — |
| Scabies | 16 | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 172 | 1 | 16 | 35 | 74 | 35 | 10 | 1 | — | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | —_ | — | —_ |
| Tuberculosis | 395 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 77 | 169 | 96 | 28 |
| Typhoid Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 492 | 45 | 110 | 89 | 203 | 33 | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| Total | 3,032 | 100 | 355 | 413 | 845 | 313 | 304 | 395 | 222 | 85 |