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 Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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INFECTIVE DISEASES 19
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 | 175 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 88 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 |
Encephalitis, Acute | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Erysipelas | 21 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
Food Poisoning | 70 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 1 |
Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 691 | 26 | 139 | 161 | 280 | 38 | 32 | 15 | — | — |
Meningococcal Infection | 6 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pneumonia: | ||||||||||
Acute Influenzal | 25 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | 9 | 8 |
Acute Primary | 118 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 47 |
Poliomyelitis, Acute | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | 28 | — | — |
Scabies | 8 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 2 | — |
Scarlet Fever | 109 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 56 | 13 | 6 | 1 | — | — |
Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tuberculosis | 320 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 57 | 131 | 92 | 15 |
Typhoid Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | 4 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Whooping Cough | 54 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
Total | 1,681 | 63 | 194 | 230 | 456 | 82 | 177 | 234 | 167 | 78 |