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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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 1
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASES | NO. OF NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN AGE GROUPS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1—2 | 3—4 | 5—9 | 10—14 | 15—24 | 25—44 | 45—64 | 65 and over | Total | ||
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Dysentery | 7 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 107 | |
| Encephalitis, Acute | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | 24 | |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Measles | 67 | 360 | 396 | 486 | 19 | 6 | 7 | — | — | 1,341 | |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Pneumonia: | Acute Influenzal | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Primary | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | 3 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 63 | |
| Poliomyelitis, Acute | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 3 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 56 | |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tuberculosis | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 50 | 45 | 16 | 145 | |
| Typhoid Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 5 | |
| Whooping Cough | 13 | 32 | 34 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 126 | |
| Total | 93 | 429 | 474 | 585 | 37 | 40 | 94 | 68 | 60 | 1,880 | |