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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 1962
[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 |