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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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INFECTIVE DISEASES
| 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 | 93 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
| Encephalitis, Acute | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 24 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 13 | 5 |
| Food Poisoning | 86 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 6 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Measles | 4,912 | 124 | 948 | 1,355 | 2,345 | 75 | 36 | 26 | 3 | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 5 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia: | ||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 96 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 34 | 35 |
| Acute Primary | 122 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 42 |
| Poliomyelitis, Acute | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | 54 | 44 | — | — |
| Scabies | 12 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 107 | — | 12 | 23 | 47 | 13 | 11 | 1 | — | — |
| Smallpox | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — |
| Tuberculosis | 352 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 79 | 156 | 79 | 21 |
| Typhoid Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 191 | 17 | 44 | 48 | 64 | 10 | 2 | 6 | — | — |
| Total | 6,109 | 163 | 1,043 | 1,445 | 2,493 | 122 | 231 | 309 | 192 | 111 |